Uber drivers assaulted in Belgium: police

March 24, 2015 02:14

Uber drivers in Belgium were assaulted by fake clients this weekend, including by at least one cabbie angered by the lower cost rival, Belgian police said today.

"Four individuals, including employees of the Uber company, were assaulted by four to six people," said a statement from city police in Brussels, the Belgian and European capital.

The assailants used the popular taxi app to lure the Uber drivers, the police said.

As in cities worldwide, the Uber car service is a bitter source of anger in Brussels, where it is blamed by traditional taxi drivers for offering unfair competition.

Earlier this month, hundreds of taxi drivers from Belgium and France brought central Brussels to a virtual standstill in a protest against Uber.

US-based Uber allows non-professional drivers to become chauffeurs-for-hire at rates far lower than normal taxi rides and is often unregulated.

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