Person stabbed in central Brussels at pro-Palestine demo

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Published connected 24/08/2025 - 20:11 GMT+2 •Updated 25/08/2025 - 6:04 GMT+2

A personification has been stabbed successful nan aftermath of a pro-Palestinian objection successful cardinal Brussels connected Sunday evening and is successful captious condition, section media reported. The Brussels Capital Ixelles constabulary area has confirmed that a personification was stabbed successful nan centre of nan capital.

Ilse Van de Keere, spokesperson for nan Brussels Capital Ixelles constabulary zone, told Het Laatse Nieuws: "One personification was taken to infirmary successful captious condition. A fishy was arrested."

This afternoon, dozens of group had gathered astatine Zaterdagplein, adjacent apical tourer spot Place Saint Catherine to show their support for Gaza.

In a property release, nan event's organisers condemned nan onslaught and said that "an chartless individual, unrelated to nan event, entered nan crowd and attacked protesters."

No accusation has been released astir imaginable motives.

The unfortunate was reportedly taken to infirmary successful a life-threatening information pursuing nan attack.

Belgian media study that hundreds of group took portion successful nan protest, which vanished extracurricular nan Brussels Stock Exchange. Demonstrators called for sanctions against Israel among different things.