In The Pretstraat, close to the Sint-Jansplein in Antwerp-North, is tonight a springtuig explodes. A second explosive went off. The security forces closed the street this morning, and ontmijningsdienst DOVO the explosive has been verified make it explode.
Around 7.15 am allowed DOVO the springtuig with a solid thwack explode. A explosievenhond searches near now again to be sure that there are no explosives more.
not exploded explosive device was under a car and was by DOVO under the vehicle facts. The ontmijningsdienst left it in the middle of the street controlled detonation. For safety reasons it was covered with car tires, then the fire brigade there are sandbags on explained. Residents were asked back to their house to stay.
The first springtuig exploded around 4 hours last night. A car got heavily damaged, five other ran light damage. The fire brigade came on the spot to bring the situation under control, because one of the damaged cars would be fuel leaks.
Park Spoor Noord
The explosion occurred close to Park Spoor Noord, where ten days ago, the shells exploded in the Dijlestraat. In the Rupelstraat and Biekorfstraat, also two streets in the neighborhood, burned for two days before that with all cars, and just a few days ago, there were still nepgranaten found. Around that previous facts, is still a research that is focusing on possible links with the drug world. Should even though arrests have been made, but the public prosecutor’s office communicates preliminary not about the case.
Antwerp was the past few years, dozens of times, the backdrop of similar incidents that kaderden in drug-related violence. It is not known whether this time the motives in the drug world should be sought.
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