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Belgium.

3 stories set in Belgium.

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3 recorded statements, the most serious of them hateful.

A microphone on a floor stand with its cable cut clean through
HatefulW30BEProtected groups
What was said

A Belgian party leader explained a run of violence with one word: allochtonen.

Who it targets

People of non-native origin in Belgium

A police incident board with a magnetic label strip left blank
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What was said

The perpetrator profile is the same again, the party leader wrote, and then named the profile.

Who it targets

people of immigrant/non-native ('allochtoon') origin

An empty station platform bench under a departures clock with a dropped glove beneath it
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What was said

Invaders smash a man's head in, he wrote of an assault at a Brussels station.

Who it targets

immigrants in Brussels

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