2023-09-15 18:22:01
A body was found Friday morning in an optical store in Bocholt, Anja De Schutter, spokesperson for the Limburg public prosecutor’s office, announced this morning, confirming information from Belang van Limburg. The circumstances of the death are not yet clear. The lab and a forensic team were sent to the scene to carry out the investigation.
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The body was found in the Hoydonckx optical store in central Bocholt. Everything suggests that a theft was committed there and that the body is that of a burglar.
The operator of the business published a message on Facebook on Friday morning regarding these facts. “We were robbed last night. We are safe and sound. The store will therefore be closed today and Saturday. Thank you for your understanding and support,” she commented.
Two men on the run
It was the daughter of the family who discovered the body Friday morning, returning home after an evening with friends. She saw two people standing in the store who were standing next to another person lying on the ground. “They wanted to warn me and had already alerted the police,” explained the manager’s daughter to our colleagues at Laatste Nieuws. The two men then fled. Resuscitation attempts were made on a victim by a nurse who was passing by, without success.
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Firefighters from the North Limburg zone were called to the scene around 4:45 a.m. while the local Carma police zone (Genk, As, Oudsbergen, Zutendaal, Houthalen-Helchteren, Bree, Bocholt, Kinrooi) made initial findings and established a perimeter. security to preserve any traces. Investigators plan to question the neighborhood and use all available video surveillance images.
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