The police and army had been looking for Conings for weeks because of threats against corona experts, including virologist Marc van Ranst, who then had to go into hiding. Conings disappeared on May 17 with weapons he had taken from a barracks. The Public Prosecution Service labeled the professional soldier as a terror suspect because of his extreme right-wing sympathies.
Relief at birthday boy Van Ranst
Van Ranst reacts relieved to the newspaper The last news. “I assume my period here in the safehouse will be over,” he says. “It is twofold: I have little sympathy for the man, but he also has family and children, that’s what my thoughts go to.”
The virologist has been in hiding for over a month now. “And it’s my birthday today, a birthday alone. Anyway, I hope to return to normal life soon.”
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