“Instead of looking forward to the future, on New Year’s Day we look back to the past.” The Oedelem hamlet of Oostveld lost its village butcher on Sunday in a possibly fatal accident. Avid hunter Rik Van Hoecke (59) died next to a field from a gunshot wound. “The news of his death hits the village hard,” responds mayor Jos Sypré (CD&V).
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Village butcher and avid hunter Rik (59) may die in a fatal accident: “He was a very warm figure”
