Posted on 03/20/2022 5:44:35 AM PDT by nuconvert
'What should have been a great party turned into a tragedy,' minister says; dozens injured.
A car slammed at high speed into carnival revelers in a small town in southern Belgium early Sunday, killing six people and leaving 10 more with life-threatening injuries. Several dozen were more lightly injured.
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The driver and a second person were arrested when their car came to a halt a few hundred metres further on.
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<< The prosecutor’s office said that in the early stages of the investigation there were no elements to suspect a terror motive, and two locals in their thirties were arrested >>
Money’s still on jihadis.
Maybe they shouldn’t have been reveling on the road.
What odds do you think.....50 50?
Texters or Jihadists? Or worse yet, texting Jihadists?
Curious phrasing in the prosecutor’s statement about motivation. One could parse it to be a nondenial denial. I won’t be surprised if the driver and passenger turnout to be “Asian.”
When will Belgium finally embrace common-sense car laws?
More here, local coverage...
Driver and a passenger have been arrested...
What a vicious thing for a car to do.
Age and place of residence of perps given, but not nationality...
My money’s on SJS.
Years ago My FD was lining up for a parade in a neighboring
town when an elderly plowed through the barriers and almost hit several people
Today when hold a 5K run through town have DPW and fire trucks
block each intersetion to keep anyone from intruding
Reasons are
Drunks
Elderly confused
Medical emergency (Stroke, heart attack, diabetic shock)
32 and 34 YO driver, passenger.
Wasn’t geezers.
Driver has now replaced muslim militant terrorist jihadist
Sounds like a driver got upset over the Russki invasion of the Ukraine.
A few enterprising FReepers need to be commissioned to get follow-up information here as it becomes available. We need pictures also.
Why does anyone need an assault vehicle that can kill 6+ people in one go?
Suddenly a car appeared from nowhere. We didn’t even see it coming. There were about 100 of us there at the time. The vehicle did a U-turn and then hit more people. People were afraid, they were running all over the place. It was real panic”.
Those two were headed to the Aloha Snackbar!
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