At least six dead and dozens injured in explosion in Belgian city

Carnival ended this Sunday morning in tragedy in the French-speaking area of ​​Wallonia, in the city of La Louvier. The car collided with a group of 150 to 200 people who gathered to start a high-speed celebration, killing six, injuring 10 and injuring dozens. The author of the outrage and his companion are arrested. In the context of the investigation, the public prosecutor pointed out that the hypothesis that this is a terrorist act is currently not a priority, according to the main Belgian media.

Outrage broke out at 5 a.m. when participants in a carnival, a very traditional celebration in the region, celebrated for the first time in the past two years because of the pandemic, gathered at the Strep-Bracken Sports Center. The city, which belongs to the Walloon municipality in La Louvier, starts the march. At that time, the group collided with a car that collided with two passengers. “A car traveling at high speed collided with a crowd gathered to participate [al carnaval]”- said the mayor of the city Jacques Gober, noting that the party had been suspended. Basically the carnival started this week and lasted until Tuesday.

“The current balance is six dead at the scene, 10 seriously injured, 10 slightly injured and 17 slightly injured. About 70 people attended the incident. “Now they have been gathered at the sports center to be treated in the psychiatric and social care department,” the medical director of the region’s ambulance told local television.

‘Terrible news from the Strep-Brakenies. “The public, preparing to celebrate the party, was heartbroken,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croo said on Twitter. “My thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones,” he added. De Croo is expected to visit La Louvier throughout the day. As well as the kings of Belgium, Felipe and Matilda.

The two detainees, born in 1988 and 1990, are residents of La Louvier. “Two detainees have not yet been questioned. The judiciary is not aware of such actions. To clear up this tragedy, the research still needs several steps and in particular reconstruction, which will allow to determine the exact path of the vehicle and ultimately the motive of the author or authors. The deputy prosecutor explained this in a press conference at 11 p.m.

“According to information released in certain media outlets, I would like to emphasize that at this point in the investigation there is no assumption that these events took place after the police chase. “There were no charges and the police were not later informed of the events,” the prosecutor continued, denying the rumors circulating in several local media outlets. “In the current context of the investigation, the terrorist route is not a priority,” he said, referring to terrorist attacks previously seen in Europe when criminals run over a car in public.

The city of La Louvre is located in southwestern Belgium, on the French border, between Charleroi and Mons, between the two main cities in the region. Carnival is a festival deeply rooted in this region and, in fact, in the neighboring town of Binche, this festival has been classified by UNESCO as an Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Celebrities often use a character named Gilles.

Source: La Neta Neta

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