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Headline: 'La Boum 2' Illegal Gathering In Brussels

Caption: Police fire water cannons and tear gas in a Brussels park to break up anti-lockdown party 'La Boum 2' where several hundred people attended defying coronavirus social distancing rules. The crowd of mostly young people responded to a post on Facebook announcing the unauthorised party. It took place a month after police cleared 2,000 people who gathered in the same Bois de la Cambre park for la Boum (the party), an event that had begun as an April Fool's joke. The follow-up Boum 2 event on May 1, a traditional day for demonstrations, was held a week before the Belgian government allows cafe and bar terraces to open and lets groups of more than four people meet outside in a relaxation of COVID-19 rules.

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