More Than 100 Detained in Brussels After Cancelled Protests
Demonstrations were planned to protest Islamophobia and by right-wing groups.
![Police detain a group of people at the Place de la Bourse in Brussels, Belgium, April 2, 2016.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/AP_brussels_protest_3_jt_160402_16x9_992.jpg?w=1600)
— -- More than 100 people were detained in the Brussels area today, including people tied to a prohibited protest near Bourse Square.
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A demonstration to protest Islamophobia had been planned for today in Bourse Square, but authorities banned all demonstrations, fearing clashes.
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Another protest was planned by an extreme right group in the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek, which was also banned by authorities.
A spokesman for the Molenbeek mayor's office said that besides two judicial arrests in Molenbeek and one judicial arrest in Brussels -- which are considered criminal arrests -- there were also 99 administrative arrests in Brussels and 34 administrative arrests in Molenbeek.
ABC News' Louise Dewast contributed to this report.