Dismissal was top secret, even other ministers had to learn about it through the press. How Van Quickenborne decided to keep the honor to himself

For days, Van Quickenborne’s office has been plowing through documents to see if mistakes were made anywhere in tracking down the perpetrator of the shooting. A bomb was discovered on Thursday evening, which exploded on Friday morning. “There was no other option than dismissal.” And yet he tried to keep it a secret until the last minute: his fellow ministers had to find out about it through the press.

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