Houda, a 10-year-old girl, was found in the rubble of the Antwerp building hit by an explosion last night around 8 p.m. She is the fourth victim of this tragedy.
A fourth person was found lifeless overnight under the rubble of the building shaken by an explosion in Hoboken on Thursday, Antwerp police confirmed early Friday morning. According to our colleagues at HLN, it is Houda, a 10-year-old girl.
The search continued throughout the night and was still underway around 5 a.m. Friday. “We really want to make sure there is no one left in the building“, explained a police spokesperson.
Thursday evening, it was announced that the search was continuing to find two missing people. Emergency services did not know if they were actually present in the building at the time of the explosion.
Visit of the King
King Philippe is expected on Friday morning, at 10:00 a.m., at the scene of the explosion in the Antwerp district of Hoboken. There he will meet the victims and the emergency services.
The explosion destroyed the upper part of a building.
explosion antwerp hoboken
