Overview

• Forest mayor Charles Spapens issued a police order canceling the Oct. 15 Forest National concert in Brussels.
• Officials acted on a negative police risk assessment that warned of possible violence linked to protests over singer David Draiman.
• Activist groups including ABVV, ACV and the Brussels Antifascist Front had prepared demonstrations expected to draw hundreds.
• Security capacity was expected to be reduced by a national strike and a prison staff strike in Brussels on Oct. 14.
• Tickets were still listed on Live Nation and the band had not commented on the Brussels date, which was billed with Megadeth.