“A madman has taken refuge in his home and is threatening to blow everything up”: what is happening in Fleurus?

“What’s going on in Fleurus?”, “A madman is entrenched in his home”. Many of you have pressed the orange Alert us button to let us know what’s going on near Fleurus.

A man, entrenched in his home, threatened to fire and to blow up everything in the neighborhood, at the crossroads of rue du cradle. “The man wanted to discuss with a judge to talk about family problems, he called the police to warn them. He had taken refuge with weapons and threatened to blow up his house”, explains the mayor of Fleurus, Loïc D’ Hayer. “The police services intervened afterwards”.

“A security perimeter has been set up, and the police have confirmed to me that the man has been arrested, without causing any damage or injury,” he notes.