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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samuel Petrequin

Belgium requires a controversial class program. Now schools are burning and the country is worried

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A series of school arsons in Belgium believed to be connected to a controversial school program in some parts of the country is prompting authorities to strengthen their police response.

Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden on Friday called for a halt to the attacks in the French-speaking Wallonia region hours after another school was set on fire, the sixth in the Charleroi area since the start of the week.

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