A police officer was killed today in Charleroi, southern Belgium, during an investigation into arms and drug trafficking. The suspect was also fatally wounded in the exchange of fire while two other policemen were injured and one is in critical condition. According to Charleroi prosecutor Vincent Fias, the events unfolded at around 6.30 in the morning, when a group of special forces of the federal police went to search the house of the suspect. The latter “greeted” the police officers with a gun in hand and “literally emptied the magazine”, hiding behind a door. One of the policemen was killed on the spot. Reinforcements were sent to the scene to enable them to enter the house. The suspect was found injured inside the house and succumbed a short time later to the hospital where he was taken. The prosecutor said the officers were acting as part of an investigation into “gang formation, drug trafficking, vehicle and weapons smuggling”. Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croix and the Ministers of the Interior and Justice expressed the […]
Source: News Beast
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