“I am angry”: mayor Catherine Moureaux reacts to another shooting in Molenbeek leaving two people wounded and criticizes the minister of the Interior
“I am angry”: mayor Catherine Moureaux reacts to another shooting in Molenbeek leaving two people wounded and criticizes the minister of the Interior
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Shots were heard this afternoon in the heart of Molenbeek.
The shooting left two people injured, the DH reported. The information was confirmed by a spokesperson for the local police in Brussels West (Molenbeek-St-Jean, Jette, Ganshoren, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe and Koekelberg).
The incident took place at around 1.50 p.m. at the crossroads between rue Mexico and boulevard Léopold II, near rue de l’Intendant. The injured were evacuated to hospital. One was stabbed in the back, the other was shot with a rifle. One of the two victims is more seriously injured, while the other victim’s life is not in danger. At the time of writing, a vehicle (plate Z) was still parked in the middle of the boulevard with its doors open.
Angry mayor
“I am angry,” said the mayor of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean on Twitter. “New shots in my commune. I had spoken and written twice to Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden to alert her to the urgent need for additional police forces. I demand an immediate response”, said Catherine Moureaux (PS).
“The federal government cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening here. It must put the means on the table to really put the drug and arms traffickers to the sword. Molenbeek also has a right to security! “Our police officers in the Brussels West police zone are working hard and well. But this clearly exceeds the means of the local police alone, for which I have also been calling for more framework and men since spring 2019!”
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Molenbeek being Molenbeek, nothing to see here …
But your dad said that stuff like that is just a “fait divers of the big city”.
Oeioei, tes ee persees antwerpen.
She’s really taking it to the next level. When Jambon announced the Canal plan, [she literally stated she didn’t need more police](https://twitter.com/catmoureaux/status/1532359207802085379). And now she’s complaining she needs more cops, as there are only 25 left from the Canal plan.
Not that it’ll help of course, fueling the war on drugs only increases the violence. But hey, it might recuperate some votes.
They should install more cameras. That’s always the solution these days.
You can’t just point the finger when violent crime surges in your town and you’re the mayor. Where does she think she lives, Antwerp?
“I am part of the fucking problem” to be frank.
Legalize. Stop funding crime by making drugs so profitable. No fighting if there’s nothing to fight over.
Zolang het schieten tot Molenbeek beperkt blijft heeft de autochtone Belg hier toch geen last van?
“En dan?” was mijn eerste gedacht. Maar de comments herinnerden mij eraan dat ik van ‘t Stad ben.