Brussels attacks: Woman in hijab filmed taking Israeli flag from shrine to victims and ripping it up

A woman wearing a hijab was filmed apparently tearing up an Israeli flag left by mourners to honour those who died in the Brussels attack before hiding the pieces under another banner.

French broadcaster RTL inadvertently captured the footage at the shrine set up at Brussels' Place de la Bourse for the 34 killed in Tuesday's horrific attack.

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This woman was filmed ripping apart the Israeli flag

During the clip the woman, in a hijab, a brown coat and a scarf, picks up a Palestinian flag from the candle-lit vigil and takes it over to an Israeli flag.

She bends down to pick up the blue and white Israeli flag and begins ripping it up.

Brussels Place De La Bourse centre of mourning in Brussels city centre Place De La Bourse has become the centre of mourning in Brussels

She then places the pieces beneath another flag, which looks as though it could be the symbol of Georgia.

The woman then walks off out of shot, without a single one of the onlookers who witnessed her act challenging her.

Read more : Brussels attacks: Heartbreaking scenes as thousands unite to remember victims of terror atrocities[1]

It is unclear whether she placed the Palestinian flag in the Israeli flag's place but she is longer carrying it when she walks away.

This shocking video is not the only time an Israeli flag has been tampered with at the memorial, with a man being filmed covering an Israeli flag with a Palestinian one.

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She was shown stowing the fragments under another flag

Since tragic terror attacks, the Place de la Bourse - the plaza outside Belgium's stock exchange - has become a spot where those wishing to can pay their respects to victims and their families.

Thousands gathered there for a candle-lit vigil on Tuesday evening, carrying banners that read: 'Je Suis Bruxelles'.


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