UA 20-year-old Dutchman was arrested following the explosion in the Antwerp train station area during the night from Friday to Saturday, the Antwerp police and public prosecutor’s office said.
“Around 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning, the Dutch police intercepted a car,” said the prosecution. The driver, a 20-year-old Dutchman from Rotterdam, was placed under arrest warrant on suspicion of having committed offenses in our country. »
An explosion took place on Saturday morning around 3:30 a.m. in Quinten Matsijsle, near the Stadspark in Antwerp. The glass entrance door of a residential building was significantly damaged, but no injuries were reported.
The technical and scientific police laboratory as well as the Explosive Ordnance Removal and Destruction Service (Sedee) descended on the scene. The federal judicial police have been informed of the incident.
Half an hour after the explosion, another incident occurred a few blocks away. A fire in a jewelry store led to the evacuation of around 100 people in the hotel above. According to Gazet van Antwerpen, the owner of the affected jewelry store lives in the Quinten Matsijslei building targeted by the explosion. The police have not yet confirmed this information.
