The Eventful Night in Schaerbeek: Updates on the Ave. Huart Hamoir Searches

2023-10-17 14:33:34

The night from Monday to Tuesday was eventful in the north of Schaerbeek following the searches carried out on avenue Huart Hamoir. Verboekhoven Square – Bear Cage – was cordoned off all morning around the café where Abdesalem Lassoued was neutralized, leaving Schaerbeek residents agitated and worried. Article reserved for subscribers Head of the Ideas division By Marine Buisson Published on 10/17/2023 at 4:33 p.m. Reading time: 3 min

And it’s still the Muslims who will take…” Karim* nervously puffs on his cigarette, his eyes fixed on the deserted Eugène Verboekhoven Square. It’s a few minutes past 8 o’clock and the “Bear Cage” is unrecognizable. Ghostly. It must be said that at this hour, usually, it is teeming. Commuters running to catch tram 92, parents rushing to drop their children off at school, shopkeepers rolling up the curtains of their bookstore, café, grocery store… None of that this Tuesday morning: “I was going to drink my coffee and I was blocked by the police. I read last night that the terrorist was of Tunisian origin. Here we go once more for months of sideways looks and insults,” Karim breathes once more. A mother, a little one under one arm, another clinging to her leg, turns back in front of the police cordon placed on rue Metsys.

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