Belgium: 3 Albanians wounded by gun shooting

Three injured is the balance of gunfire that rocked the Belgian city of Antwerp, the afternoon of this Wednesday.

The event was recorded in an apartment in the district of Jesus, in the heart of the Belgian city, near the Kipdorp & Bridge. Sint-Jacobsmarkt.

It turns out that the protagonist has been a group of Albanians, with three of them left injured.

Belgian police have arrested four people charged with the event, including 3 of whom were injured Albanians. All detainees are between the ages of 23 and 38, but have not yet published their full identities.

Wutter Bruyns, the local police spokesman confirm that four suspects have been arrested. “Three of them are injured, two of whom are at risk for life”, he told local media.

The circumstances of the shooting are still unclear, but according to witness Lenno, who runs a tattoo shop, three shots were heard in one of the apartments above, A2 reports, records albinfo.ch.

I wanted to get out when a man suddenly walked into my business and shouted: Call an ambulance. There were traces of blood in the hallway. Emergency services arrived very soon and found an injured man in an apartment. The fire unit was called to get the man out of the apartment with an elevator scale of”, the witness said.

A little later, emergency services received a call from the Meir/Opera car parking in Sint-Jacobsmarkt. Near one vehicle were two people injured with firearms, currently in serious condition.

Police have been able to arrest a fourth person standing near the parking lot where the wounded were found but who had suffered no injuries.

The building on Jesus ' road where the event took place is known as the residence for Europeans, mainly Albanians and Bulgarians. A few years ago, an Albanian drug gang on Jesus Street supplied the city's centre with cocaine was caught.