On Wednesday evening, just before nine o’clock, a shooting occurred in the prostitution quarter in the northern Brussels district of Sint-Joost-ten-Node
BRUSSELS, Oct 25 (Telegraph News) The shooting took place at the intersection of Weidestraat and Linnéstraat in Sint-Joost, a place with a lot of window prostitution that is also popular with drug dealers. “Just before nine o’clock, the police services of the Brussels-North zone were called after shots were fired in Weidestraat. At the scene, the police officers treated a victim with a bullet in the leg,” said police spokeswoman Audrey Dereymaeker.
The victim was taken to hospital when he was conscious, but doctors had not yet commented on his condition. The public prosecutor’s office has been informed of the facts and has started an investigation. /Nieuwsblad