The streets of Belgium turned into a fire scene when PKK supporters carried out a provocation. Images of PKK supporters, who are said to have beaten a citizen of Turkish origin, being chased through the streets in the Heusden-Zolder district of the Limburg region, were spread on social media.
Returning from the so-called Newroz celebrations in Heusden-Zolder, about an hour away from the capital Brussels, PKK supporters drove around with rags symbolizing the terrorist organization PKK and posters of leader Abdullah Öcalan in their cars.
THEY PASSED SLOGANS FROM THE TURKISH NEIGHBORHOOD
PKK supporters, shouting slogans, passed through the street where mostly citizens of Turkish origin live.
Turks reacted to the group. After this, a fight broke out.
VEHICLES WERE SET ON FIRE
A large number of police teams were dispatched to the scene where some vehicles were set on fire.
Police intervened with pressurized water against the group in Houthalen-Helchteren district, where the events spread.
PEACE HAS BEEN PROVIDED
Heusden-Zolder Deputy Mayor Yasin Gül, in his statement to the AA correspondent, said that those who participated in the convoy for provocation purposes beat a citizen of Turkish origin.
Gül said, “We have been living here as Western European Turks for 60 years. We have never encountered such an incident in our municipality before. Almost a quarter of the population of our municipality consists of citizens of Turkish origin.” he said.
Stating that the state authorities showed the necessary importance after the events started, Gül stated that the police blocked the relevant roads and closed the entrances upon rumors that supporters of the terrorist organization from the surrounding cities and countries would come and intervene in the events.
Gül invited citizens to maintain peace.
Houthalen-Helchteren Mayor Alain Yzermans, in his statement to the local press, explained that the events started as a result of the attack of a Turkish young man during the convoy of PKK supporters, and that the events escalated when this spread rapidly on social media.
Yzermans noted that the situation was already under control and that the police would remain vigilant by patrolling until the morning. (AA)
