A Palestinian man has been discovered useless in a park within the coronary heart of the Belgian port metropolis of Antwerp. The physique was tied by its fingers and ft, whereas the authorities are nonetheless unable to find out the reason for demise.
The physique was initially discovered by a passerby mendacity by an outdated WWII-era army bunker in a metropolis park final Wednesday. The deceased had been within the park for at the least 24 hours earlier than being found, based on the Antwerp Public Prosecutor’s Workplace.
It took the authorities two days to determine that the person, who had no id papers on him, was a 26-year-old Palestinian refugee. He had no residency allow however was searching for asylum within the nation. He was not recognized to police previous to his demise and had no felony file.
The post-mortem has not yielded a conclusive outcome and investigators stay open to any theories, starting from a homicide to a very elaborate suicide.
“The post-mortem didn’t make clear the reason for demise, so all leads stay open,” the Prosecutor’s Workplace spokesperson, Kristof Aerts, instructed native media on Friday.
The mysterious incident has prompted wild hypothesis on-line, with some even suggesting the deceased might need been lynched for some unknown cause. The authorities, nonetheless, have urged in opposition to spreading such theories, calling on the general public to attend for the outcomes of the official investigation.
“I perceive that there are a variety of wild tales going round on social media… a judicial investigation has began, with the investigating decide, public prosecutor, lab, forensic physician and investigators on website,” Aerts instructed The Brussels Instances on Wednesday.
So far, the authorities have supplied no additional replace on the affair.
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