The Belgian authorities on Thursday charged four Palestinian men with the murder of a nine-year-old Palestinian boy at an asylum seekers’ center near Antwerp, prosecutors said. “The facts are qualified as hostage-taking and murder,” the prosecutor’s office in Antwerp said in a statement without giving much detail.
The incident occurred near a bar on Croix de Fer Street, which is a few minutes’ walk from the Royal Palace, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Chamber of Representatives. “This morning the police went on a call to the street Croix de Fer in connection with the shots. ...
