Suspect in stabbing arrested 02/03/2007 00:00
2 March 2007
BRUSSELS – The public prosecution department in Charleroi confirmed today that a suspect has been arrested for the fatal stabbing during the carnival in Binche. He is suspected of manslaughter.
The identity of the 22-year-old resident of Péronnes-lez-Binche has not been released.
The young man has confessed that the stabbing took place during a fight resulting from a dispute that had begin earlier that week. The rival gangs were arguing over "territory."
[Copyright Expatica News 2007]
Subject: Belgian news
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