A young man attacks a police officer with “a sharp point” in Flemish Brabant

A police officer shot dead a 19-year-old young man in Wezembeek-Oppem during the night from Friday to Saturday.

The events began around 1 a.m. in Wezembeek-Oppem, in Flemish Brabant, during the night from Friday to Saturday.

The police were called to intervene in the “Hardstraat”, where a young man aged 19 behaved violently with his parents in the family home. There, things deteriorate. “When the police arrived, the man threatened them with an iron bar with a sharp tip”declared spokesperson for the Halle-Vilvoorde public prosecutor’s office Ingrid Moriau. The latter stabs one of the police officers with the bar at the neck of one of the police officers.

According to information from VTM, the police officers tried to flee, but the man chased them. One of them shot the man in the abdomen. He was taken to hospital.

An investigation was opened by the prosecution.

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