Brussels: Riots broke out in several cities in Belgium and the Netherlands after Morocco’s 2-0 victory over Belgium in the Football World Cup on Sunday. In Brussels, police fired water cannons and tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.

Police detained about a dozen people in Brussels and eight in the northern city of Antwerp.

Police detained about a dozen people in Brussels and eight in the northern city of Antwerp. Several rioters set fire to cars, e-scooters and pelted stones at vehicles.

The police swung into action after one person was injured in the incident. Police in neighbouring Netherlands said violence also broke out in Rotterdam and anti-riot officials tried to stop a pro-football group of about 500 people who pelted stones at police and set fire to them and also vandalised them.

Two police officers were injured in the incident. According to media reports, there is also an atmosphere of unrest in the country’s capital Amsterdam and the Hague.

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