Among the suspects, Mohamed T. was reported to have “escaped” from prison since last February according to our informants. The second benefited from conditional release.
Under mandate
“We can confirm the arrest of the two individuals on rue Stassart in Ixelles on the evening of December 30, 2024. The investigating judge charged them with carrying firearms without authorization, carrying a prohibited weapon, of criminal association, and one of them of rebellion and placed them under arrest warrant“, confirms the spokesperson for the Brussels public prosecutor’s office Yasmina Vanoverschelde. “The two accused appeared before the council chamber this Monday, January 6 and their continued preventive detention was confirmed“, concludes the communications department of the Brussels King’s Prosecutor’s Office.
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The two suspects did not indicate the origin or their intentions with these weapons, we are told. A week after the death of an undocumented migrant in the Aumale district of Anderlecht, the 89th shooting of the year 2024 in the Brussels region alone, many of which took place against a backdrop of struggle between gangs of drug dealers, the elements discovered in their vehicle this December 30 does not fail to worry.
“At present, the investigation continues“, concludes the spokesperson for the Brussels public prosecutor’s office.
