Belgian Police Deployed After Clashes Between Chechens, Kurds

Police were deployed in and around the Belgian city of Liege on Saturday to clamp down on a armed feud between rival groups of Chechens and Kurds after an assault the day before left one dead.

A Chechen man was killed Friday after being attacked by 20 to 30 men in Liege, Belgium’s fifth-biggest city {snip}

The attackers — all believed to be Kurds — were black-clad and wore ski masks, some wielding baseball bats and at least one firearm.

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Three Kurds identified from the service station’s security cameras have been arrested for questioning.

Another 28 people — all Chechens — have been arrested for questioning and identity checks in relation to Friday’s deadly assault, and at least one firearm, a Kalashnikov assault rifle, has been seized, the magistrate said.

“We’ve never seen such incidents before in Liege,” he told AFP.

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