Clashes in Brussels: Protesters Confront Police Over Rising Education Costs

Hundreds of youths demonstrated in the Belgian capital and clashed with police over rising education costs, in protests partly inspired by unrest in France.

Clashes broke out in Brussels between hundreds of protesters and police forces, The Jerusalem Post and Greek news outlet in.gr reported. According to the reports, youths took to the streets of the Belgian capital and confronted officers amid anti-government demonstrations spreading across Europe.

Belgian student groups said they are demonstrating to protest rising education costs. The reports noted that the protests in Brussels were partly inspired by the wave of demonstrations currently underway in neighboring France.

At this stage, official details regarding the number of casualties or arrests during the clashes in the Belgian capital have not yet been released.