BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — Some 400 protesters gathered in the central square of the Muslim-dominated district in the Belgian capital earlier on Saturday, the Belgian news agency Belga reported.
Tensions have been on the rise in the immigrant-majority area which has been the center of police raids in the Paris attacks investigation.
Far-right groups planned to hold a rally against immigrants in the district on Saturday, but Belgian authorities banned all mass gatherings over the weekend.
Two suicide blasts ripped through the departures hall of Brussels Airport in the northeastern municipality of Zaventem on March 22. A further explosion occurred at the Maelbeek station near the headquarters of the EU institutions. A total of 31 people, including 3 suicide bombers, died in the attacks. More than 300 were injured.
