Two women from Brussels are to appear in court after they allegedly attacked police officers in the centre of the West Flemish coastal resort of Blankenberge. The two were walking down the street in the Blankenberge town centre dressed in bikinis, something that is banned under a local by-law. When police spoke to the women about their violation of the local dress code rules there was a scuffle.
On Tuesday afternoon two women aged 19 and 21 and minor were walking through the centre of Blankenberge dressed in bikinis. The police told them that this was in contravention of a local by-law. An argument followed and the prosecutor’s office says that the women were unruly.
They were taken to a police station. On the way 1 of them allegedly struck one of the police officers that had detained them. Another police officer was slightly injured during the incident.
A 19-year-old woman from Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (Brussels) and a 21-year-old woman from Schaarbeek (Brussels) were arrested. After questioning the prosecutor’s office decided that the should appear at Bruges Criminal Court in a summary justice trial on charges of resisting arrest and assault and battery. The minor that was with the two women was released without charge.