Agree, Jon - horrible. And the cause looks like colour-hate rather than anything else. Apparently they have made an arrest; I hope they throw the key away.

Shakey,
I did indeed mean the Dutch-Flemish divide (not the Flemish-Waloon one). And there definitely is one; ask in Antwerp or Gent what they think of their Dutch cousins. And remember always the Belgian character that avoids direct confrontation at first at least. You often need to spend a lot of time with the Flemish before they will open up on subjects like this. Typically, Flemish jokes about the Dutch abound (my favorite one is the one about the cows with the wooden legs, alluding to Dutch stingyness). The Flemish dislike of the Dutch runs deep - it may not be obvious at first, but is none weaker for that.

On the other hand, the Dutch generally have a disdain for all Belgians, not specific to Waloons or Flemish. Perhaps they do consider the Flemish "cousins", but they don't really make any allowances for that in their feelings.

I am generalising here, of course, and there are sensible people in both countries, who are above all that, the same as in the rest of the world. I am referring to the overall atmosphere of mistrust.