The father of young police officer Thomas M. (29) who was killed last night in Schaerbeek has told the Walloon newspaper ‘La Libre’ that his family is devastated by the drama and that he does not want his son’s death to become hateful. leads.
LOOK. This is what we already know about the fatal victim Thomas M. He came from Limont in the province of Liège and the reaction is shocked.
“The only thing we want is to avoid that this drama arouses hatred, because Thomas has always fought that,” it sounds in a short response to father Eric.
He also talked about how hard Thomas’s death has been. “Our family is devastated. Thomas was a very nice person. He was just a police officer doing his job and doing his very best. But life has decided otherwise,” said the man.
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Thomas M. and his colleague Jason P. (23) were attacked by a man with a knife on Thursday evening around 7 p.m. in the Aarschotstraat in Schaerbeek. They were in their service vehicle and waiting at a red light. Thomas did not survive. Jason was injured, but is said to be out of danger in the meantime.
Suspect
Suspect Yassine M. was on the list of the OCAD, the Coordinating Body for Threat Analysis. An investigation is underway for murder and attempted murder in a terrorist context.
We already know this about Thomas (29) and Jason (23), the two young officers who were stabbed in their police car
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