Belgian police move demonstrators out of Brussels memorial square

A Brussels square serving as a memorial site for victims of Tuesday's bombing attacks turned tense on Sunday when protesters wearing black arrived, shoutingslogans and carrying a banner with an expletive against ISIS.

CBC'sThomasDaigle, reporting from Brussels, said the square was full of people mourning and peacefullypaying respects to the victims of the explosions at the city's airport and a train station.

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It is not clear exactly what the demonstrators said, butDaigle reported thatmourners responded to them by chanting, "we'reall children of immigrants."

There was"pushing and shoving" and "tense moments," Daigle reported.

Police wearing riot gear arrived with vehicles carrying water cannons, and the demonstrators were moved out of the square.

A march for solidarity had originally been planned for Sunday, but organizers agreed to postponeit after the Belgian government appealed to people not to attend, sayingpolice resources were too stretched.

"We understand fully the emotions,"Interior Minister JanJambonsaid in making the appeal on Saturday. "We understand that everyone wants to express these feelings."

A total of 31 people died and 270 were wounded in the Brussels attacks.