Mechelen Three young people have sat morning a ravage caused by Busleyden Athenaeum Campus, The Meadows in the Stuivenbergbaan in Mechelen. A dozen windows, had to believe, just like a laptop, a phone and some of the doors. Thanks to a neighbor could the three of them are caught in the act and arrested. Two adults were being held by the investigating judge.
The threesome struck Tuesday in the early hours of the morning. “They beat a dozen windows, and my desk was searched. The laptop and phone were shattered,” says Marina Stockx, managing director of the high school. “They searched the lerarenlokaal, vomiting a few lockers open, hit the glass pane of a schoolbusje in and went to take a small sum of money.”
Thousands of euros damage
24 hours after the fact, it is the director is still very very impressed of the facts. She went on to ravage the meantime measurement. The damage is currently estimated at several thousand euros. “And then may we as a neighbour, is still very grateful,” says the director. “Had she not noticed, had it much worse.”
Known
It was the neighbour who was around 5.30 pm the police had called after she was startled by noises and suspicious individuals. Agents rushed to the spot and allowed three young people to arrest. It comes to a minor (17) and two adults (18 and 19). They were arrested, taken to the police station and placed at the disposal of the Mechelen division of the Antwerp public prosecutor.
The three are no strangers to the court. “The two adults were with the examining magistrate and held,” adds the parquet. About the fate of the minor child are not yet known.
“Lucky”
The management board is the neighbor grateful. “She was not as alert response, had the havoc is much bigger”, says the principal. “The perpetrators didn’t have the time to also get to the upper floor to visit.”
The management is now looking forward to the neighbor that the police in time could notify. “To thank”, says director Stockx.
For the 145 students in the high damage, there was little discomfort. The lessons of both Tuesday, if Wednesday could just continue. “For the lessons we have them as convened in the sports hall. I have the students spoken to and explained what had happened. The students were quite impressed,” concludes the director.
