比利时警方在周一（10月12日）于布鲁塞尔南站附近发生涉及数百名青年的冲突后，逮捕了10人，其中包括9名未成年人。警方报告称，在全国大罢工和学生集会的间隙爆发骚乱时，警员遭到石块和烟花袭击。
Belgian police arrested ten people, including nine minors, after clashes involving hundreds of young people near Brussels-Midi railway station on Monday, 12 October. Officers reported being targeted with stones and fireworks as unrest broke out on the sidelines of a national strike and a student gathering.
警方动用催泪瓦斯和水炮，当时群体在车站、巴拉广场和库雷盖姆街区之间移动，偶尔分散至安德莱赫特和圣吉勒斯后又返回。克莱蒙索地铁站一度关闭，一辆汽车、数辆电动滑板车和街道设施被点燃。警方还缴获了烟花、易燃液体和气雾罐。
Police deployed tear gas and water cannon as groups moved between the station, Place Bara and the Cureghem neighbourhood, occasionally dispersing into Anderlecht and Saint-Gilles before returning. The Clemenceau metro station was temporarily closed, while a car, several scooters and street furniture were set alight. Officers also seized fireworks, flammable liquids and aerosol cans.
这场暴力事件发生在反对紧缩措施、生活成本上涨和教育削减的抗议活动日益升级之际。自10月1日起，中学生一直在示威，反对计划到2029年从法语教育中节省5亿欧元。工会也在反对总理巴尔特·德韦弗提出的100亿欧元节约计划。
The violence came amid growing protests against austerity measures, rising living costs and education cuts. Since 1 October, secondary-school pupils have been demonstrating against plans to save €500 million from French-speaking education by 2029. Trade unions are also opposing Prime Minister Bart De Wever's proposed €10 billion savings programme.
据报道，自学生抗议开始以来，列日已有200多人被捕。据警方称，周五在布鲁塞尔举行的一场单独的反紧缩游行吸引了约3万人，随后也发生了冲突。
In Liège, more than 200 arrests have been reported since the student protests began. A separate anti-austerity march in Brussels drew around 30,000 people on Friday, according to police, and was also followed by clashes.