2023-11-30 16:38:00
“But you have to be completely crazy to do that in broad daylight.” This is the direct comment of a customer crossing a Place de l’Ange in full buying fever.
In the middle of the square, wedged between two businesses, a modest shop is difficult to see. Its shutter, half lowered and askew, hides the sign. This is the Peters jewelry store, a more than century-old house, specializing since 1915 in 18-carat gold jewelry set with precious stones.
As night fell, police officers were still on guard behind a space protected by tape, forcing pedestrians to step off the sidewalk for about ten meters.
Shards of glass litter the ground. Inside, investigators are combing the store. They are collecting possible fingerprints.
Without a doubt, the jewelry store has just been violently robbed.
“I heard a loud noise of windows shattering,” testifies a passer-by, who then saw a hooded man flee. He returned to the police to tell what he had seen and heard. “It happened so quickly that I didn’t have time to take a photo,” this vigilant citizen seems to regret.
According to our information, two individuals, their faces hooded, attacked the glittering windows around 3 p.m., at a busy time in the city. They actually broke the windows but we don’t know if they had time to get their hands on the jewelry on display and take away any loot.
No shots were fired. No one was hurt.
Four arrests, one suspect on the run
The prosecution clarified in the evening that four suspects had been arrested in Namur around 2:40 p.m., and that a fifth person was actively sought. Two fake weapons were allegedly displayed.
The damage, which was in a bag, would have been recovered. The suspects are said to be from the Brussels region. At least one of them would be known to the police.
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