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Belgian Police Use Water Cannons in Crackdown on Anti-COVID Revelers in Brussels Park – Video

© AFP 2023 / FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTSBystanders and demonstrators are soaked by a Belgian police water canon as law enforcement officers surround them at Bois de la Cambre, in Brussels, on 1 April 2021 during an unauthorised rally and fake concert announced on social media as an April Fool's Day prank. (Photo by Franзois WALSCHAERTS / AFP)
Bystanders and demonstrators are soaked by a Belgian police water canon as law enforcement officers surround them at Bois de la Cambre, in Brussels, on 1 April 2021 during an unauthorised rally and fake concert announced on social media as an April Fool's Day prank. (Photo by Franзois WALSCHAERTS / AFP) - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.04.2021
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In late March, Belgium reintroduced strict COVID-19 lockdown measures in response to a dismal surge of new coronavirus infections across the country.

A video of Belgian police dispersing an anti-coronavirus lockdown party in a Brussels park has been published by the Ruptly news agency.

In the footage, mounted officers were seen deployed at the Bois de la Cambre park in the country’s capital, where they cracked down on the event’s attendees.

Some of the revellers were seen hiding behind trees as they were pounded with water cannon.

One of attendees was cited by Ruptly as saying that young people were “fed up” with the lockdown, and that he was “more in favour of holding us accountable individually rather than banning us from doing anything.”

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