Brussel In Brussels, the area around Sint-Goriksplein was evacuated after the police received a report about an armed man. Police special units are on site. The man is said to be hiding in a building. “The police have received a report that there is an armed person in a building. The police are on site … Read more
crime A young man was injured in a shooting in the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht last night. RTL Info reports this and the news is confirmed by the local police Brussels South (Anderlecht/Sint-Gillis/Vorst). The exact circumstances of the shooting are still unclear. The incident took place around 4 am, in the vicinity of the Sint-Guido … Read more
Champions League World goals, excitement and spectacle: the first leg in the quarter-final of the Champions League between Real Madrid and Manchester City (3-3) had everything, except a winner. An ill Kevin De Bruyne did not come off the bench. Tuesday 9 April 2024 at 22:55 Pep Guardiola surprised before the clash between Real Madrid … Read more
Justice A detainee escaped from the Hoogstraten penal institution on Monday night. The Prison Service confirms this. The man is still missing. The detainee clambered out of his window along a string of knotted sheets. Once downstairs, the next obstacle awaited him: the prison moat. He could swim across it. The man has been missing … Read more
Justice A 27-year-old man from Kontich has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexual offenses with underage girls. The man made about forty victims by approaching the girls via Snapchat and using a game to get them to send him nude images and perform sexual acts on themselves. He demanded increasingly extensive images … Read more
crime A young man was shot dead in Dampremy, a sub-municipality of Charleroi. The Charleroi public prosecutor’s office confirms this. The shooting was the result of a robbery and two suspects have now been arrested. The victim is an 18-year-old boy from Farciennes. He was shot in Elio Ivan Park. Two suspects were arrested on … Read more
Police A police officer was killed on Thursday evening in a traffic accident during a pursuit in Couillet, a sub-municipality of Charleroi. This was confirmed on Friday morning by the Charleroi public prosecutor’s office. A police car was involved in an accident in the Rue de Gilly in Couillet on the night of Thursday to … Read more
Violence The police found a man on the sidewalk in Louizalaan near the center of Brussels on Monday evening. The 19-year-old had two gunshot wounds to his head and is in life-threatening condition. No one had heard or seen what preceded when the police found the seriously injured man between nine and ten on Monday … Read more
justice The investigating judge has arrested a man from Ronse for arson in which his wife died. He must appear in court on Friday. A neighbor received a phone call from the victim fifteen minutes before the fire. “Godelieve called me in panic that her husband was going to kill her.” On Monday, 69-year-old Godelieve … Read more
Femicide A man killed his 43-year-old wife in an apartment building on the Aarschotbaan in Beerzel (Putte) on Sunday night. The 62-year-old perpetrator subsequently fled to the Netherlands and was intercepted there. The public prosecutor’s office has requested his extradition. The victim’s body was found at night in her apartment in Beerzel. The laboratory of … Read more