Belgian police arrested more than 50 in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday (October 6) after student protesters clashed with authorities, local media reported.

Videos circulating on social media and on local news channels showed shattered glass strewn across streets, fires burning in several locations and hundreds of protesters, many of them appearing to be young. Other footage showed police blocking roads amid the unrest, using tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters.

Students have staged protests in recent days over Belgium's French-language education system, citing concerns including the cost of higher education and public transport, overcrowded classrooms and difficulties obtaining study materials.

The unrest follows clashes in June between demonstrators and police in Brussels during protests against reforms to part of Belgium's education sector. The government of Belgium's French-speaking Community, which oversees francophone education, increased annual higher education tuition fees for most students to 1,194 euros ($1,280) from 835 euros.

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LIEGE, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 6, 2026) (RTL Belgium - Broadcasters: No use Belgium/Digital: No use Belgium)

1. PROTESTERS RUNNING AWAY FROM TEAR GAS

2. TEAR GAS RISING IN THE STREET, PEOPLE RUNNING AWAY

3. AMBULANCE

4. TEAR GAS RISING IN THE STREET, PROTESTORS RUNNING AWAY

5. GROUP OF POLICE CARRYING A PROTESTER

6. POLICE HOLDING DOWN A PROTESTER ON GROUND

7. VARIOUS OF POLICE SURROUNDING PROTESTERS SITTING ON THE GROUND AND COUGHING

8. PROTESTERS RUNNING ACROSS STREET WITH BROKEN GLASS

9. GLASS FALLING DOWN FROM SHATTERED WINDOWS

10. CIVILIANS WATCHING INCIDENTS FROM A BRIDGE

11. FIRE BURNING

12. AMBULANCE LIGHTS SHINING OVER KNOCKED OVER RUBBISH BIN

13. VARIOUS OF POLICE TRUCK DRIVING

14. VARIOUS OF POLICE ON THE STREET

15. POLICE TRUCK SPRAYING WATER