2023-12-06 19:38:39
It was not 3, as initially announced by the police, but 4 people, “including one whose life is in danger”, who were injured during a shooting that occurred this Wednesday evening along Avenue de the Golden Fleece, according to an update of the situation made by the Brussels-Capital/Ixelles police zone.
“We received a report of a shooting that occurred on Avenue de la Toison d’or around 7:30 p.m.,” police zone spokesperson Ilse Van de Keere can declare at this stage. The events took place near the Apple Store as well as the entrance to the Toison d’Or Gallery, located very close there.
Terrorist trail ruled out
The perpetrator, or perpetrators, of the shooting was no longer on site when the police arrived. At this stage, the terrorist trail has been ruled out, we learn from several police sources. This is also confirmed by the mayor of Ixelles Christos Doulkeridis, who visited the site this Wednesday evening. “We are more in a scenario of urban gangs” declares the latter. A communication from the prosecution regarding the facts is still awaited at this stage.
Alain Gagnaire, manager of the Couleur Café brasserie which is located inside the Galerie Toison d’Or, discusses the facts which were reported to him by several people who came to take refuge in his establishment immediately following the gunshots : “In the middle of Avenue de la Toison d’Or, a man came with a gun, fired several times, followed by a panic with around twenty people coming to take refuge in the Gallery, including a woman injured in the right leg, a tourist. I called the cops and they arrived in force with the firefighters. » According to the latter, the cameras in the shopping arcade were able to film the scene, which might facilitate the investigation.
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