BRUSSELS - Magistrates from Brussels and the Franco-phone area south of Belgium staged symbolic strikes yesterday in protest at accusations of incompetence in the country's child kidnapping, abuse and murder scandals.
The magistrates, who complain of being swamped with cases, stopped work at
10.30 a.m. to demonstrate against an official report accusing them of sloth and a lack of professionalism in their handling of the child disappearances.