Brussels: a police officer violently attacked on the pavement in the evening of France-Belgium

The facts took place in Brussels at the end of the France-Belgium match. Police stationed at a red light were thrown stones. An officer was seriously affected in the face. He was hospitalized. An investigation is under way

Brussels, last Tuesday evening of the France-Belgium match. A police officer ends his service and is about to return home when he is badaulted. With his colleague, he is stopped at a traffic light in the center of Brussels. The attacker takes a pavement and aims the police officer in the face. Ilse Van De Keere, spokesperson for the Brussels-Capital-Ixelles police zone, at the microphone of the RTLinfo 19:00: "He was not in uniform and when he pbaded the Antwerp road, he lowered the window. The projectile entered the car and hit his head. "

The unconscious policeman is taken to the hospital. His days are not in danger. The badault would have no connection with the match France – Belgium. Vincent Houssin, VSOA police union, says: "We do not know yet if this is a homicide attempt, the problem is that in some neighborhoods of Brussels some young people are doing the law and this has to change . "

An investigation has been opened and, for the time being, no suspect has been identified.