2023-10-04 04:00:00
Behind the multiple shootings that have broken out in Brussels lies a phenomenon little taken into account by the authorities: firearms are circulating in a much more sustained manner than before, explains to “Soir” the director of the Flemish Institute for Peace. Article reserved for subscribers Journalist at the Investigations department By Guillaume Derclaye Published on 4/10/2023 at 06:00 Reading time: 1 min
On the night of September 24, two people were injured following a shooting in the Matonge district of Ixelles. On the ground, two victims: one hit in the ribs, the other at the height of the thighs. The latter paid the price for a lost bullet, confirmed the Brussels prosecutor’s office. The episode is far from isolated, as evidenced by the assassination that occurred in mid-September in a shopping street in Anderlecht: 17 Kalashnikov bullets fatally mowed down a thirty-year-old sitting at the wheel of his car. It was the ninth death in the capital linked to drug trafficking since the start of the year. Added to this are the serious (eight between January 1 and July 26) and minor injuries, as well as all the shootings that remained under the radar.
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