2023-06-03 08:24:00
All-out fighting, during the night from Friday to Saturday, around 2:45 a.m. on Boulevard Tirou in Charleroi. Present in large numbers on the spot, the police effectively cordoned off the premises and set up a security perimeter. No one, unless there was a valid reason, had the right to go to the boulevard. Shortly before, a man who got out of a vehicle that stopped in front of the Harpers establishment shot several times in the air, creating a movement of panic both inside the bar and outside. outside.
“Security told us to get to safety and lie down on the ground, under the tables,” says Elia, present inside the Harpers at the time of this impressive shooting scene. “Everything happened very quickly, I myself did not see or hear anything. Quickly, the police were already on the spot”, adds the client.
A used Kalashnikov
Contacted on Saturday morning, the Charleroi public prosecutor’s office returned to the events, stating that the author of the shots fortunately did not cause any injuries or material damage. No less than 21 casings were found on the spot. “The suspect allegedly used a Kalashnikov-type weapon,” said Sandrine Vairon, Charleroi division prosecutor.
After unloading a large part of the weapon’s magazine, the latter got back into the vehicle to leave the scene. At the time of this writing, the shooter and the car have still not been identified. The lab is to go to the scene this morning. The federal police have taken over the investigation. The exploitation of the many surveillance cameras present on the boulevard Tirou should quickly allow the investigators to identify valuable elements.
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