"Outraged" plan protests after arrests in Brussels

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The "Indignados" (outraged) movement, which converged in Brussels this weekend, went back to planning its next protest on Sunday after 48 of its members, arrested the day before, were released by police.


All of the protesters who were taken into custody, including 27 Spaniards, walked free without any charges or fines after a 12-hour arrest.

"Everyone is back without any penal, legal or economic consequences," said one of the movement's international coordination chiefs.

Protesters marching from Spain, Italy, France and the Netherlands arrived in the Belgian capital on Saturday ahead of a European Union summit on October 17 and 18, when leaders will discuss the continent's ongoing debt crisis.

The foreign demonstrators were joined by a group of Belgian sympathizers. The entire group of around 400 people then attempted to set up an informal camp in Elizabeth Park, mirroring camp-outs held earlier this year in Madrid and Athens in protest over the politicians' handling of the economic crisis.