A fifty-year-old woman from Lummen suffered life-threatening injuries in a stabbing in the Oudestraat in the late afternoon. Emergency services took her to hospital. The suspected perpetrator fled, but was arrested later in the evening.
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The stabbing must have happened around 4 p.m. in the vicinity of the woman’s house. According to initial information, a man stabbed her with a knife. The victim fled to the neighbors’ house where she lost consciousness in the people’s driveway. Emergency services arrived on the scene and provided first aid. Accompanied by a MUG team, they took her to the hospital by ambulance. The 50-year-old woman was seriously injured and her condition is critical, according to the latest information.
The man who stabbed the woman fled after the incident. The police tracked him down. In the early evening they were able to apprehend the suspected perpetrator. The local police LRH made the first observations and informed the Limburg public prosecutor’s office. The investigation is underway.
