Dirk De fauw, 62 years of age, who is also a lawyer, was transported to the hospital to undergo an operation, and his condition is “stable”.
The mayor of Bruges in Belgium has been stabbed in the neck on Saturday by a man who was quickly arrested, said the prosecutor’s office in the city, confirming information of the flemish media.
Dirk De fauw, 62 years of age, who is also a lawyer, was transported to the hospital to undergo an operation, and his condition is “stable”, said a spokesman for the prosecutor, Celine To havé, without more details. She confirmed that an investigation had been opened for “attempted murder” and assigned to a judge of instruction. No information has been given by the public prosecutor’s office against the arrested man.
Investigation in progress
after the first elements reported by the media, the facts allegedly occurred in the late morning in or near the law firm of Dirk De fauw, in the neighbourhood of the Sint-Andries (Saint-André). The author could be a client or a former client of the lawyer, “with a psychiatric history”, wrote the daily Het Laatste Nieuws on his site. Information that the prosecution was not able to confirm by early afternoon.
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“It is too early to say something, we are in the process of investigating the circumstances,” added Celine To havé. “Courage and a speedy recovery,” tweeted Joachim Coens, president of the party of flemish christian democrat (CD&V), the formation of the mayor of Bruges.
