# Protesters clash with police in Belgium as demonstrations turn violent across Europe

https://mins.news/en/item/104545

- euronews, 2026-10-17 17:29 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/17/protesters-clash-with-police-in-belgium-as-demonstrations-turn-violent-across-europe

> Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin said on Saturday that events had become “no longer simply a protest,” describing the situation as “pure and simple violence.”

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