Two people were killed by firearms, and two others seriously injured, during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, in the Gare du Midi district of Brussels, a police spokesperson said.
The shootings occurred between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. “around a café” in the Brussels commune of Saint-Gilles, said the same source. The suspect(s) are on the run. In addition to the two killed, there were three injured, two of whom were life-threatening. The condition of the third could be “stabilized”, again according to the spokesperson for the Brussels-Midi police zone.
This district was identified this year by the authorities of the Brussels region as one of the “hot spots” for drug trafficking, among around fifteen in total out of the 19 municipalities of the capital. But, at this stage, the police refused to establish a link with this problem. The prosecution was not immediately available and was expected to speak later in the day, according to the police spokesperson. For several years, Belgium has observed an increase in armed violence linked to rivalry between drug trafficking networks.
Street shootings are occurring in both Brussels and Antwerp, whose port has become the primary route into Europe for cocaine illegally imported from South America.
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