The bodies of two elderly men were found days apart on the same stretch of coastline in West Flanders, according to the Bruges branch of the West Flanders Public Prosecutor’s Office.
On Wednesday morning, a 78-year-old man from Middelkerke was found lying in the dunes of Westende by a passer-by. Emergency services arrived quickly and the victim was resuscitated, but he died at the scene.
A forensic pathologist was appointed to determine the cause of death and the Crime Scene Investigation team was called in to carry out the necessary investigations.
Initial findings revealed that nobody else was involved in the man's death and foul play has been ruled out. The Public Prosecutor's Office has not issued a statement on the precise cause of his death.
Incident on Monday
The news comes days after a man in his seventies from Liège was found dead on the Middelkerke beach in West Flanders, as confirmed by the Bruges branch of the West Flanders Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The man was found on Monday afternoon at around 16:30 on the beach, between the centre of Middelkerke and the town of Westende.
Emergency services quickly arrived at the scene to attempt to resuscitate the man, to no avail.
The public prosecutor’s Office appointed a forensic pathologist to determine the exact circumstances of the death. Initial findings suggest that no third party was involved in the death.
According to HLN, the man who died on Monday drowned in an unsupervised area of the beach.
This article has been updated.
