Belgium. Brussels: a Man Shot in a New Drug-Related Shooting
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republicain-lorrain.frA man was shot and wounded Saturday night in Brussels, in a new shooting probably linked to drug trafficking.
Alert in Brussels, after two armed incidents within just a few hours, a man was wounded by bullets in a district of the Belgian capital, and the authorities suspect that the attack is related to drug trafficking and a possible settlement of accounts between rival groups.
Jean Spinette, mayor of the Brussels district of Saint-Gilles, where the incident occurred, told the Belga news agency that the incident was most likely the result of a dispute between drug dealers. The area around the square known as "Place des Deux Bancs" in Saint-Gilles is notorious for drug trafficking. This practice and the associated nuisance have been repeatedly criticized by both residents and the mayor. Police station attacked. Earlier,…
A man was injured by bullets on Saturday evening in Brussels in an armed incident about the authorities, I assume it was related to drug trafficking, a few hours after shooting at a police station, reports AFP.
The Belgian Minister of the Interior Bernard Quintin said "profoundly shocked" by this incident, promising not to be intimidated by such acts.
In the Brussels municipality of Saint-Gilles, a man was injured in a shooting incident on Saturday evening. The victim is not in life-threatening condition, the mayor of Saint-Gilles, Jean Spinette (PS), told Belga.
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