24-year-old Thomas N., who is wanted for a shooting on a terrace in Tilburg, has been arrested in Antwerp. He tried to escape by jumping off the balcony, police said. A Tilburg citizen was injured in the shooting in June.
Belgian agents found N. around four o’clock on Friday afternoon in a house in Antwerp. “He tried to flee by jumping off the balcony, but was arrested after he jumped,” the police said.
He is still in custody and being interrogated.
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In the shooting in the night of Saturday 11 to Sunday 12 June, a 29-year-old Tilburger was injured in his leg. The victim, in the words of the police, escaped death when he met three men on the terrace.
One of them shot the man under the table there at the Heuvelring. The bullet hit him in the leg. Two of the three suspects have since been arrested, but the shooter has not yet been arrested.
The last known residence of N. is Tilburg. Earlier, the police said they suspect that he is abroad. He is originally from Drunen.
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