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In a bid to protect police dogs from assaults and attacks with deadly weapons, Brussels West police have issued 11 of their canine colleagues with specially designed stab vests.
The family of 17-year-old Mehdi Bouda, who died after he was hit by a police car in central Brussels in August 2019, have announced that they intend to keep fighting their case after the Brussels
Some 1,000 stolen objects, including a large number of telephones, were retrieved on 13 and 17 September by Brussels-North police zone in two separate operations.
The Brussels mounted police are looking for five good homes for horses that have reached the end of their careers.
Nearly 5,000 firearms – rifles, pistols or small guns - were seized last year, according to Belgium’s Central Weapons Registry (CWR).
From this autumn, police working in the Brussels-North zone (Schaerbeek, Evere and Saint Josse-ten-Noode) will receive a day’s training on how to stop street harassment.
Brussels-City mayor Philippe Close has filed a civil suit against four juveniles who vandalised property and police vehicles in the Marolles over the weekend.
Slovakia’s parliament has demanded that the European Union investigate Belgium’s handling of the Jozef Chovanec case.
About 50 people joined a demonstration against police violence in Brussels on Saturday in response to the death of a Slovak man in police custody at Charleroi airport.
