The authorities have detained the man who allegedly attacked someone with a butcher's knife in Brussels Gare du Midi train station earlier this week and is charged with premeditated battery and assault.
On Tuesday morning, a young man (17) was attacked seemingly out of the blue by a man with a knife in the train station. Images show how the attacker cut and stabbed his victim several times.
The teen was injured, but his life is not in danger. Shortly after the incident, an 18-year-old suspect was arrested. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the incident occurred "in the context of a former conflict between the two parties."
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After his arrest, the suspected perpetrator was brought before the investigating judge, who decided to detain the man.
"He was suspected of premeditated assault and battery, against a minor, resulting in an incapacity for work, and of carrying a weapon prohibited by destination," said Martin François of the Brussels Public Prosecutor's Office.
