Belgium investigates riot after Dutch, Belgian fans clash

ByReuters

Published 23/10/2017 at 14:21 GMT

BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Belgian police were investigating a riot caused by Belgian and Dutch soccer fans that left a policeman with a broken jaw and led to 120 arrests.

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Fighting broke out at a cafe after Club Bruges's match against Royal Antwerp. Fans of Dutch clubs ADO Den Haag, who are allied to Bruges, and Willem II Tilburg, with links to Royal Antwerp, were also involved.

Police did not say how many Dutch fans had been detained.

"We have launched an investigation and are looking through camera images to see who played what role in this," a Bruges police spokesman said.

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