According to the mayor, who was present at the scene, it is likely to have been a shooting between drug dealers. An investigation is underway to establish the exact circumstances of the incident.
The area around the so-called ‘Place des Deux Bancs’ in Saint-Gilles is known as a place where drugs are traded. Drug dealing and the associated nuisance have been repeatedly criticised by local residents and the mayor.
The shooting on Saturday evening followed an attack whereby shots were fired at a police station on Friday evening. The shooting at a police station in Anderlecht is “a new warning for Brussels,” says Brussels Minister-President Boris Dilliès (MR). “We will not let our city be taken over by organized crime.”
Dilliès reminds us that the Brussels Drugs Commissioner will start work at the end of September. He will develop a comprehensive strategy. In addition, the minister-president points out restrictions on electric scooters and a regional investment of 68 million euros this year in safety and prevention.
Dilliès also calls for listening to the proposals of the King’s Prosecutor of Brussels, Juien Moinil, which he “fully supports.” The prosecutor denounced the attack as “unacceptable.” “There is a clear intent to destabilize the authorities, given the chosen target, but they will not succeed. We are determined and will continue our legal proceedings and our tireless work,” the Brussels public prosecutor told RTBF.
He also noted that “many shootings are ordered from prison”. He deplored the lack of secure areas preventing the use of mobile phones in prisons and asserted that orders continue to be issued, particularly from Haren prison.
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