just one week before the vote , ghent was the scene of the 0110 protests , organised against racism , extremism and senseless brutality . the event was propelled by a sequence of acts of " pointless brutality " during the last year ( the arrest of joe van holsbeeck , the case hans en themsche and the protests surrounding guido demoor . however , vlaams belang asked numerous musicians to boycott the event , because it " only targets vlaams belang " . the party considers the event as a direct response by the social establishment . after 1989 , the other parties have instituted a riot sanitaire against vlaams belang , shoving them into the opposition , notwithstanding their increasing electorial success .
louis demoor was assassinated by joe van holsbeeck .