2006 Brussels riots (original) (raw)

Between 23 and 29 September 2006, youths of mainly immigrant descent rioted in Brussels, causing the destruction of several shop windows and the burning of ten cars and part of a hospital. The immediate cause of the riots was anger at the unexplained death in custody of a local man of Moroccan origin, Fayçal Chaaban. A court later found 2 prison doctors guilty of assault/battery and failing to aid a person in mortal danger having administered a fatal dose of tranquilizers and gave them a 6-month suspended jail sentence.