Thousands break Covid rules to attend event announced on social media as April Fool’s Day prank

Police on horseback and using a water cannon have charged a crowd of thousands of people who had gathered in a Brussels park for a fake concert announced on social media as an April Fool’s Day prank.

Journalists at the scene saw at least one police officer injured and several people in the crowd arrested in the Bois de la Cambre park on the south side of the Belgian capital.

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