A person, probably a student from the Institut de la Providence located rue Haberman in Anderlecht, threatened a teacher with an alarm pistol on Monday. The spokeswoman for the Midi police zone, Sarah Frederickx, said there were no injuries.
The police descended on the scene and a security perimeter was set up. A helicopter flew over the area. The police operation ended around 3:45 p.m. The police did not make any arrests. The police said that the teachers and students of the school are now all safe, no injuries are to be deplored. The dummy weapon was found by the police.
“All the students and teachers were searched at the time of the evacuation, in order to prevent the author from infiltrating the mass to leave the school”, assures Sarah Frederickx. “The suspect fired blanks with an alarm pistol while threatening a professor. No one was injured. Our priority now is to do everything possible to find him.” The office of the mayor of Anderlecht gives a similar version adding that the individual was hooded.
According to the testimony of a pupil interviewed by Belga, the impact of the blank firing caused panic in the school and the teachers immediately asked the pupils to take refuge in the gymnasium. “Several people were crying. We had to wait an hour or two in the hall. Then, following being searched by the police, we were allowed to leave the school,” he said.
For her part, Sarah Durant, spokesperson for the Brussels public prosecutor’s office, assures that the suspect fled before the arrival of the police services. “An alarm pistol was reportedly found near the school and was seized for further investigation. Several witnesses to the facts are currently heard by the police. The investigation is ongoing to determine the exact circumstances. facts.”
