J., 02.10.2025. Bousculé et matraqué – Bruxelles

Mobilisation pro-Palestine contre l’arraisonnement de la Flotille Sumud, 2 octobre à Bruxelles

“After blocking the way for the peaceful march from the Bourse to the European Parliament twice, the police started charging, following the protesters with the clear intention of raising panic amongst them.

Dressed in riot uniforms they were banging their clubs against their riot shields to intimidate us, screaming “Avance !” and pushing and hitting whoever didn’t walk fast enough. Walking fast enough was impossible, the faster we walked, the faster they pursued us, so that they would always be right behind the last line of fleeing protestors.

In situations of panic like these, running often leads to people being trampled. But staying calm and avoiding to run, was made impossible by the continuous aggressive pushes the officers gave to whoever was closest to them. I saw multiple people lose their balance because of exaggerated pushes like these, of which one women who fell and almost got trampled by the boots of our pursuers.

I myself was pushed multiple times and hit with a batton on my right upper arm while I was walking as fast as I could. A friend of mine was hit on his left upper arm and right hand, he had two swollen an bleeding fingers. But it was the panic, enhanced by the intimidating screams of the police and the cries of pain of their victims, and driven to a maximum by the barking of policedogs, which left the biggest mark on us.

I feel my body shaking again as I write this down. Never had the police given us clear information on what they expected from us or on what we could do to listen to them and avoid being agressed, apart from the agressive, intimidating and unfulfillable instruction to “avance”.”

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