Belgium

The Holy See and the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe reported the case of a bias-motivated murder of an elderly woman in a church. Belgian authorities confirmed that the case is under prosecution and that no bias motive had been registered.

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDC) reported three incidents of vandalism to churches, one of which involved graffiti.

The Collective against Islamophobia in Belgium (CCIB) reported an incident in which a Palestinian restaurant was vandalized; the damage included swastika graffiti. Antisemitisme.be reported one incident of graffiti.

Antisemitisme.be reported a physical assault causing serious injury; a physical assault carried out by a group against an Israeli football fan; two additional physical assaults targeting people visibly identifiable as Jewish; one robbery, which was a part of the harassment over several months of a Jewish student; and an incident in which five Stolpersteine, stones commemorating Holocaust victims, were covered in red paint.

ILGA-Europe and Cavaria reported four physical assaults, including one in which a firearm was used against a gay couple and one in which a gay man was attacked by a group.

Racism Islamophobia Watch (ORIW) reported an incident of physical violence targeting a twelve year old child, who was slapped by an educator for refusing to eat pork; and a series of threatening envelopes containing white substance sent to two mosques and a regional centre for integration.