The manager of a cafe and one of his customers were stabbed Friday night in the town of Kanne near Riemst in Limburg province.
A 58-year-old man from Bassenge (Liege province) was arrested, the Limburg Public Prosecutor’s Office said on Saturday.
The events occurred at around 21:30 in the De Sjötter cafe in the Brugstraat, when a man attacked the manager of the café with a knife. A customer intervened and was also injured.
The perpetrator then fled, but police were able to apprehend him.
“The suspect stabbed the 30-year-old café manager in the abdominal area. The 56-year-old customer who intervened was injured in the chest,” a spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office said.
The two victims were taken to hospital but were soon able to return home.
The man from Bassen is currently being questioned by the Bilzen-Hoeselt-Riemst police.
The Federal Criminal Investigation Department has also been sent to the scene to carry out the necessary investigations.
