Ostend police experience busy Saturday

The police also had to look for eight lost children on the summer day. They all eventually ended up back with their families or groups. One of them, 9-year-old Schadrac, was missing for about three hours. After a large-scale search, he was found in Westende, about ten kilometers from where he was last seen.

“spicy day”

“We can look back on a tough day with numerous interventions that demanded the best from our people,” says Timmy Van Assche of the Oostende Police Department. To master summer and vacation days like this, proper preparation for each scenario is essential. The good coordination between all emergency services is also underlined, as witnessed by the reunification of a lost 9-year-old child.”

At Ostend station, the exodus of the domestic beachgoers who took the train was relatively silent.