After a Dutchman was arrested in Breda on Tuesday for the drowning of a 53-year-old man in Ghent, Belgium, the second suspect has now also come forward. Both suspects (25 and 23) come from Goes in Zeeland.
The second suspect has turned himself in, the Belgian Public Prosecution Service said.
The 53-year-old victim is from Ghent. He ended up in the water of a Ghent city canal early Sunday morning, on the way back from the annual city festivities. Eyewitnesses alerted emergency services, but help came too late.
Over the railing
“The two men who pushed the victim into the water then ran off,” the Public Prosecution Service said earlier. The assistance of the Netherlands was immediately called in.
On Monday, Belgian media already reported that the victim would have walked with three Dutch people. They would have been fooling around with each other and pretended to throw each other into the water. Two of the Dutch would eventually have thrown the Gentenaar over the railing of a bridge.
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