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The Belgian Police made this Thursday 50 administrative arrests in disturbances registered in the center of Brussels, where hundreds of people had took to the streets to celebrate the Moroccan team’s pass to the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar.

“In total, administrative arrests due to riots, most of them in the Brussels-Capital/Ixelles police zone,” reported police spokeswoman Ilse Van de Keere, according to the newspaper. “Le Soir”.

The Moroccan team beat Canada (1-2) this Thursday and reached the round of 16 of a World Cup for the second time in its history, a phase in which Spain will be measured.

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“Le Soir” points out that in the celebrations, which were mainly concentrated on Boulevard Lemonnier and the central Place de la Bourse , there were “slight incidents”.

This medium explained that the police officers left en masse from the Plaza de la Bolsa to the end of that boulevard, near the South Station in Brussels.

The main roads nearby had to be closed to vehicle traffic on 50: (: 00 GMT) due to the influx of public.

After the match, many Moroccan fans took to the streets with flags and fireworks to celebrate the victory and the qualification to the round of 16.

During the celebrations, the Some attendees directed flares at the police officers present, who for a moment resorted to the use of tear gas.

Many Moroccan sympathizers also gathered in other parts of the Belgian capital and in places such as the district from Schaerbeek the police had to intervene because of a group of some 50 people who were harassing passers-by.

Last Sunday, hundreds of people already caused riots in the center of Brussels and in some Belgian and Dutch cities after the World Cup match between Belgium and Morocco, and there was damage to vehicles and street furniture, forcing intervention to the police.

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