Mounted police TRAMPLE people before turning water cannons on others

Belgian police officers trampled park-goers under horses’ hooves after revellers refused to leave a prank festival for April Fools Day.

Hundreds of Belgians rushed to Bois de la Cambre park in  Brussels to attend the fake ‘La Boum’ festival which was announced on Facebook as a joke. 

Huge crowds – unperturbed by the festival not being real – launched into a party on the grass, with speakers blasting music and revellers dancing and singing along.

But at 5pm, police officers rushed in to break up the gathering and clear lockdown-breaching revellers from the park. 

Those who refused to leave began throwing objects – including bottles – at police officers, local paper The Brussels Times reports.

It was then that police officers began using water cannons, tear gas, pepper spray and a drone to break up the party.

Chaotic footage taken at the scene shows police on horseback charging directly into revellers.