Posted on 03/20/2022 11:03:06 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The main suspects, who were arrested, were born in 1988 and 1990, he said, adding that terrorism was not at this stage considered a motive.
Verheyen said the two came from La Louviere, a town near the French border in Belgium's rust belt, and are not known to authorities for similar acts.
Belgian towns and villages host many street carnivals around the season of Lent, with the parades in Binche and Aalst the best known internationally.
Strepy-Bracquegnies involves participants dressed up as "Gilles", extravagantly attired comical figures who are "called out" to the parade in the early hours.
La Louvriere mayor Jacques Gobert said there were 150 to 200 people participating in the carnival's pre-dawn prologue, including the "Gilles" in their garb.
The car seemed to "deliberately enter into the pack," said Collingnon.
Another witness, Theo, told RTBF news he saw a car that moved "very fast and didn't brake".
In February 2020, a man rammed his car through a carnival procession in Germany, injuring dozens of bystanders including children.
Germany and other countries at the time had been on high alert for car ramming attacks since December 2016, when an Islamic State group sympathiser ploughed a truck through a Christmas market leaving 12 dead.
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Amish, no doubt.
...and its a muslim.
Sudden Jihad Syndrome.
And not long ago...
“An SUV smashed into crowds at a Wisconsin Christmas parade, killing 5 and injuring at least 48”
Why are our vehicles turning against us and all by themselves killing us? Strange.
Those self driving vehicles will be the doom of us all.
Europe needs more healthy young jihadist “refugees” to spread the joys of “diversity.”
The car eh? Was this car named Christine? Or were the DRIVERS named Ahmed and Muhammad?
The car did it all. No names given. That tells us all we need to know.
Belgium, Europe. —-> Migrants. Refugees.
Mass murder in highly efficient manner.
At least 2 involved.
During Christian festivals.
——->
Moslems.
So no updates? Another lid on the story
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