Two individuals died and three have been injured final evening, following pictures fired in rue de l’Argonne, on the terrace of a café situated close to the Midi station, confirmed the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Workplace this Thursday. The occasions occurred round 1:00 a.m. in a café on rue de l’Argonne, not removed from the Gare du Midi. A heavy weapon was reportedly used and no suspects have been arrested. The police have issued a wished discover.
Two victims died on the scene. They have been a person and a lady, aged 44 and 46 respectively. On the present stage of the investigation, the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Workplace can neither affirm nor deny that they have been unintended victims. Two different male victims, aged 42 and 49 respectively, have been severely injured by gunshots. They have been taken to hospital in a important situation. Their lives are presently nonetheless thought of to be at risk. A fifth male sufferer, aged 31, whose prognosis just isn’t life-threatening, was additionally taken to hospital for remedy. The motive for the occasions can also be nonetheless underneath investigation.
In accordance with the ballistics professional’s preliminary findings, a heavy weapon/assault rifle was used in the course of the capturing. At this stage of the investigation, no suspect has but been arrested.
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A number of judicial exclusion perimeters have been established with a purpose to protect the traces crucial for the investigation. Knowledgeable of the info, the responsibility Justice of the Peace of the Brussels public prosecutor’s workplace entrusted the investigation to the murder division of the federal judicial police, and requested an investigating choose to research the murders and tried assassinations. He additionally required a forensic pathologist and a ballistics professional. All these individuals went to the scene of the occasions, accompanied by the federal police laboratory.
The investigation is ongoing in an try to determine and arrest the perpetrator(s) of those acts, and to find out the precise circumstances, specifies the Prosecutor’s Workplace.
In accordance with a well-informed supply, the perpetrators travelled on a scooter. Preliminary investigations present that they have been concentrating on the café, not particular clients. The perpetrators’ motive just isn’t but clear. Nonetheless, it seems to be linked to drug-related offences.
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On the request of the investigating choose in Brussels, the police issued the next discover:
On Thursday June 27, 2024 at 12:49 a.m., pictures have been fired on the general public freeway close to the Astoria café situated on rue de l’Argonne in Saint-Gilles. Three individuals have been injured on the scene whereas two others misplaced their lives.
As a part of this investigation, theInvestigators are searching for video surveillance pictures (surveillance cameras, dashcams, doorbell cameras or some other picture seize) which may have filmed the perpetrator(s) earlier than, throughout and after the info.
Individuals who might have witnessed suspicious conduct or who might have witnessed the occasions on Rue de l’Argonnne are additionally requested to report back to the police.
Discretion is assured.
In case you have any info on this truth, please contact the investigators through avisderecherche@police.belgium.eu.
Testimonials may also be despatched through the free phone quantity 0800/30 300.