Car set on fire in Ekeren, perpetrator leaves message on facade (interior)

Around 1 o’clock the residents of the Jan Ympijnstraat in Ekeren are startled by a loud bang. « We woke up from the blow, » a resident testifies. « When we looked out the window, we saw that our daughter’s car was on fire. Someone from the street had already called the fire brigade. They were very quickly on the spot. Unfortunately, extinguishing no longer, the car was completely burned out. »

« Everything points in the direction of bad intent, » says Sven Lommaert, spokesperson for the Antwerp police. « A perimeter was set and the judicial lab came on site for trace investigation. The facts are being investigated, there is no suspect in the picture at this time. »

A message was left on the facade of a house across the street. In Zwarte Graffiti there is « Pacorni » reading, which refers to a company in the port where several people were picked up in a file around the import of cocaine a while ago. « It is only in the morning that we noticed the graffiti, » says the resident. Just like his neighbor, he works at the company. « But we both have no idea why we are being targeted. »

« The employees who were picked up worked in the Input and Export department. We both work in the Transport department. Whether I feel unsafe? No, nowadays you have to be careful everywhere. I am particularly sorry for my daughter. She is currently in the well. It was the first car she bought, the car was barely a year old. »