An individual born in 1988 was arrested and deprived of liberty on Friday evening following an assassination attempt on rue de la Kertchenne in Momignies (province of Hainaut), the Charleroi prosecutor’s office said on Saturday afternoon. The days of the victim, hit by a shot from a hunting weapon, are in danger.
A first scuffle took place in a parking lot not far from rue de la Kertchenne between the victim, the alleged perpetrator, and a friend of the latter. “The victim, in the car, arrived at the height of the suspect’s vehicle and arrested the passenger friend, reproaching him for the messages sent to his companion. In the process, she also blamed similar messages on the driver. According to the suspect, the victim then assaulted him through the open window of the passenger compartment before an exchange of blows once the man was outside the car“, specified the parquet floor of Charleroi.
The driver and his passenger then left the scene. “The suspect got out of his vehicle a few meters further and retrieved a hunting weapon from his trunk“, indicated Sandrine Vairon, district prosecutor of Charleroi, the versions diverge concerning the continuation of the events.The victim and two people with her indicate that the alleged perpetrator aimed three times with his weapon, before firing. The suspect confirms that he took his weapon to scare the victim and loaded the weapon with a single cartridge. Arrested man says victim injured from ricochet after he fired sideways“.
The days of the victim, hit in the face, are in danger. She is also at risk of losing an eye. Arrested and deprived of liberty, the alleged perpetrator was interviewed and will be brought before an investigating judge. A case for attempted murder is under investigation. “He is already known for some background and for recent facts in a threat file. He seems to present a certain instability as soon as he consumes alcohol. It will be necessary, in particular, to determine if he was under the influence of the drink at the time of the facts.“, concluded the district attorney.