BRUSSELS (Brussels Morning Newspaper): Two people were seriously injured in two shootings in Brussels over the weekend. Police are investigating the incidents as attempted murders and are gathering evidence to determine if they are linked to the recent spike in gun violence in the city.
A man was shot in the center of Brussels on Saturday night. He was really badly injured and had to go to the hospital. The people who went to the hospital ran away as soon as the incident happened. Another shooting occurred on Sunday night at around 10pm near the Brussels South train station on Moderne Schoolstraat. As before, all the bad guys ran away after hitting the person.
Is this related to the recent spike in shootings in Brussels? Gun violence?
Brussels police are currently treating two shootings as attempted murders. The first victim was seriously injured on Saturday in Ruppelein, while the second shooting occurred late Sunday night near the Brussels South train station on Modern Schoolstraat. Both incidents involved a violent man on the run, and the police who had been chasing each lead have now become the police themselves. Police have dispatched firearms experts and evidence specialists to the various locations where the shootings took place. They are now panicking and desperately searching for any clues to the shootings. Forensic experts are said to be examining the victims’ injuries and medical evidence to try to determine exactly what happened.
Police are still investigating the facts and details of the shootings that occurred over the weekend and were unable to provide further information at this time. Sunday night’s shooting was the 35th shooting in Brussels since the start of the year. The number of shootings, injuries and deaths in Brussels this year is already alarming. Eight people have died from shootings. Police are trying to determine the connection between the incidents and whether other factors have contributed to the surge in violence in the city.
