Riot

2006 Brussels riots

23 Sep 2006 – 29 Sep 2006 · 50.85° N, 4.35° E

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When
23 Sep 2006 – 29 Sep 2006
Kind
Riot
Coordinates
50.85° N, 4.35° E
Description
series of riots in Brussels, Belgium

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2006 Brussels riots

Series of riots in Brussels, Belgium

Between 23 and 29 September 2006, youths of mainly immigrant descent rioted in Brussels, Belgium, causing the destruction of several shop windows and the burning of ten cars and part of a hospital. The immediate cause of the riots was anger at the unexplained death in custody of a local man of Moroccan origin, Fayçal Chaaban.

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