A young child died on Tuesday followingnoon in a crèche in Eernegem (West Flanders), the Open VLD mayor of the municipality of Ichtegem confirmed on Thursday. The circumstances of the eight-month-old boy’s death are not yet known.
An autopsy will be performed on the child, but according to the first elements collected by our colleagues from the Dutch-speaking press, the trail of a tragic accident holds the rope. The emergency services intervened on Tuesday, but there was unfortunately already nothing more to be done. A judicial investigation for manslaughter is underway, it should shed light on the circumstances of the tragedy.