(Deutsche Welle) Following Morocco’s World Cup win over Belgium, some Morocco supporters turned violent on the streets of Belgian cities.
In Brussels, a car was set ablaze and at least one person was injured. Parts of the capital were sealed off. Police say they had to deploy water cannon to calm the crowds.
Similar scenes unfolded a little over a week later, when Morocco knocked Spain out of the tournament.
Some say these confrontations are a manifestation of pent-up tensions between parts of Belgium’s Moroccan population — the largest non-European ethnic community in the country — and law enforcement.
“It is [a result of] frustration,” says Mohamed El Marcouchi, a Belgian boxing champion of Moroccan descent.
