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  • Thousands Protest Brussels MP3 Murder. BBC Omits Facts

    05/07/2006 9:50:28 PM PDT · by Murtyo · 20 replies · 823+ views
    Brussels Journal, Belgiam ^ | Wed, 2006-04-19
    Today, some 80,000 people participated in a silent march in Brussels to commemorate 17 year old Joe Van Holsbeeck, who was knifed on 12 April because he refused to hand over his MP3 player to two North African youths. The murder happened during the evening rush hour in a crowded Brussels central station. The murderers were filmed by security cameras, but it took a full week before the authorities released the footage. The assassins are still at large. This BBC report about the march, which was the largest protest in the country since 1996 when 300,000 marched through Brussels in...