Man attacks fifties in his home: victim transferred to hospital in critical condition (Mechelen)

The incident occurred shortly after three o'clock Monday afternoon in a terraced house in the Paardenkerkhofstraat in Mechelen. The 44-year-old resident is said to have caught another man (53) in his house. “It has come to a tough fight in which the fifties were hit hard. The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, « confirms Dirk Van de Sande of the Rivierenland police zone. “The investigation into the right circumstances and the motive of the incident is fully running. We can't say anything about that for the time being. « 

Local residents saw that the resident was fascinated. The victim would have been resuscitated for a while. The man is said to have cassed heavy strokes and stamping. According to our information, he would have had a big wound at the head and he was out of consciousness on the arrival of the police and emergency services.

Woman not at home

The wife of the resident and their children were not at home at the time of the facts. The woman came home during the findings by the police and was taken care of by the police at Buren.

Local residents are shocked by the incident. They too are in the dark about the circumstances of the skirmish. “Was it a burglar he caught? Or did a dispute get out of hand between him and that other man? But how did it come in? The fact is that with the resident the stops have gone through and that he has hit the victim heavily. He must have been very angry. However, we know him as a quiet person. An average family that could not be criticized. « 

The skirmish between the two men would have taken place in a bedroom. The victim was taken out of the house by the fire brigade and then transferred to AZ Sint-Maarten under police supervision.

Called yourself

According to local residents, the resident would have called to the police to report the violent incident. He would also have met the police in his home.

The Paardenkerkhofstraat was closed off by the police at the home where the incident took place. In the course of the evening, the judicial lab also came to the scene for a thorough trace investigation. Perhaps there will be more clarity after the suspect has been heard by the investigators. The forties has been made available to the Antwerp public prosecutor's office.