Justice In a murder investigation from 1999, the council chamber in Antwerp confirmed the arrest of a 51-year-old man on Monday. He is suspected of the murder of a seventeen-year-old Romanian in Antwerp. On the night of May 16, 1999, the body of a seventeen-year-old Romanian woman was found in Dries Street in Antwerp. She … Read more
NY. Some 300 people were arrested in the police intervention against protesters at New York universities such as Columbia, the heart of the pro-Palestinian protests that have spread throughout the United States, announced the mayor of New York, who accused people outside the center of wanting to sow “chaos” . “Approximately 300 people were arrested … Read more
Justice The autopsy on Annie De Poortere’s body did not reveal a cause of death. The public prosecutor’s office confirms this. Earlier Friday, the Ghent council chamber confirmed the arrest under electronic surveillance of 78-year-old HD, who is suspected of murdering his then wife in 1994. On Saturday, April 27, the remains of a body … Read more
murder case A 78-year-old man, the partner of Annie De Poortere when he disappeared thirty years ago in Sint-Martens-Latem, has been arrested by the investigating judge in Ghent. He has been placed under electronic surveillance for acts that are provisionally qualified as murder, the East Flanders public prosecutor’s office says. Annie De Poortere disappeared without … Read more
Antwerp The Antwerp police have found one hundred kilograms of cocaine in an apartment near the Boekenbergpark in Deurne-Zuid. A 16-year-old who was guarding the cocaine has been arrested. The East neighborhood team of the Antwerp police zone conducted anonymous surveillance near the Boekenberg Park on Saturday evening because there was regular nuisance due to … Read more
Last night, the local police arrested a group of 30 transmigrants in Oostduinkerke. They were ready to make the crossing to the United Kingdom. Last night, the West Coast police found about thirty transmigrants in a closed light truck without windows. This would mainly concern people of Vietnamese origin. Some were wet and had life … Read more
violence Three people were seriously injured in a fight at Geel station on Monday evening around 5 p.m. A knife was said to have been found on the track. A suspect was later arrested. Mayor Vera Celis (N-VA) confirms this. Marc Peeters, Ronny van den Ackerveken Yesterday at 8:59 PM “After school there was suddenly … Read more
crime A new attack was probably foiled in the Antwerp sub-municipality of Borgerhout on Wednesday evening. The police found, among other things, fireworks in an abandoned bag. Two suspects were arrested and a Dutch car was towed. The events in the immediate vicinity of Kortrijkstraat and Bijlstraat in Borgerhout took place just after 10 p.m. … Read more
Threat A minor was arrested in the investigation into a “not credible” terrorist threat against secondary schools. The Charleroi public prosecutor’s office confirms this. “The secondary schools are again the target of threats.” Just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening, several French-language media spread alarming reports about a possible terrorist attack targeting all Belgian secondary … Read more
Drugs A large batch of cocaine weighing more than five tons was seized from a warehouse on an industrial estate in Wilrijk on Wednesday after a raid by special units. The police were able to arrest twelve suspects and numerous weapons were seized. The raid happened on Wednesday afternoon around 1:30 PM in a business … Read more