Arrest Warrants Issued: Riots in Oupeye and Herstal Following Police Shooting

2023-08-23 14:15:45

Two individuals have been placed under arrest warrant, following the riots which have rocked the towns of Oupeye and Herstal in recent nights after the shooting death of a 30-year-old man following a police shooting on Friday August 18, said Wednesday afternoon the parquet floor of Liège. Liège justice will also communicate on the investigation next week, once the agents have heard, she added.

“The Public Prosecutor wishes to react firmly to these events. It cannot accept that it will be answered with increased violence, in particular against those who are on the front line to guarantee our security and public order, ”he reacts on Wednesday.

“To date, a large number of reports have been written, attesting to the serious and worrying nature of these attacks. Several suspects have been identified, some of them have been deprived of their liberty and have been brought to answer for their actions.

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At present, two individuals are under arrest warrant”, adds the justice of Liège, which also launches “an appeal for calm” and which recalls that “the simple incitement to riot is a punishable offence”. “Each act of violence, aggression or degradation, once established, will receive an appropriate criminal response,” she wrote again.

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