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A Belgian man who has served 30 years in prison for rape and murder will have his request for euthanasia granted on Sunday, January 11, the prisons agency confirmed.
Six prison guards were injured on Sunday at the prison in Forest, Brussels, when a prisoner lashed out with a knife.
Prison officers across Belgium went on a 24-hour strike as of Thursday at 22.00, reports Serge De Prez of the Christian trade union ACV-CSC.
The new Belgian government is to cancel an agreement to rent cells in a Dutch prison in Tilburg to house Belgian criminals.
Jean-Marie Tinck, the man arrested in May on suspicion of being a member of the notorious Brabant Killers gang, has been released from prison but remains under suspicion, his lawyer said.
There are 467 Belgians imprisoned abroad, according to reports from Sudpresse newspapers on Tuesday. The largest group is in France, with 91 Belgian detainees.
There are 11,769 people incarcerated in Belgian prisons, a record high, reports De Standaard.
Sunday night around 20.30, several individuals attempted to force open the gate of the Saint-Gilles prison with the help of a car, according to Brussels police.
During the past five years, just 32 Belgian nationals who had been given jail sentences by foreign courts have been returned to Belgium to serve their sentences here.
