2023-07-27 19:39:41
The former Belgian soldier arrested in Norway for death threats against the Prime Minister has been handed over to the Belgian judicial authorities.
Sam H., the former Belgian soldier arrested in Norway for death threats against Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, was handed over to Belgian judicial authorities on Thursday evening. The man will be heard Friday by the federal judicial police, then by the investigating judge. This will decide on the continuation of the file and the possible detention of Sam H, indicated the federal prosecution.
Sam H. had posted on social networks on July 7 a video where we saw him fire four shots at a photo of the prime minister. The Limburg prosecutor’s office, where the person resides, immediately opened an investigation, which has since been taken over by the federal prosecutor’s office. The police were aware that the man suffered from psychological problems while harboring sympathies for far-right ideas. A member of a motorcycle gang, he had already had conflict with justice in the past.
The man was located in Norway and finally arrested in a shopping center in Oslo, where he had attracted attention because of an attitude deemed threatening.
As part of the threats allegedly made by Sam H. against Mr. De Croo, a european arrest warrant was issued by a Belgian investigating judge. The man was located in Norway and finally arrested in a shopping center in Oslo, where he had attracted attention because of an attitude deemed threatening.
His home in Bourg-Léopold was also searched by the police but no weapon, ammunition or explosive was discovered there. Norway handed over Sam H. to the Belgian judicial authorities this Thursday around 8 p.m. The facts are qualified at this stage as preparation for a terrorist offense as well as a threat to commit a terrorist offense, said the federal prosecutor’s office.
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