Bullet holes on the door of a bookstore in Evere: what happened? “All avenues are open”

A police intervention took place this morning on rue Godefroid Kurth in Evere after the discovery of bullet holes on the door of a bookstore. The street was cordoned off by the police.

What happened this morning in Evere on rue Godefroid Kurth? A reader notifies us via the orange Alert us button: “I was going home and I see that part of the street is closed by the police“, he tells us, supporting image. This actually shows the street closed with police tape with officers present on site.

Contacted, the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed an intervention around 9:45 a.m. this morning for bullet holes on a bookstore door. The local police from Brussels-North arrived on the scene. No suspects have been identified and no people have been found injured. The public prosecutor’s office was notified and a ballistic expert came to the scene.

Is this, again, an incident linked to drug trafficking? “All trails are open“, tells us the Prosecutor’s Office. An investigation is underway.

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