Parents of thirty -party who was stabbed to death in Seefhoek: « This feeling is unreal, but we are speechless because of the loving reactions » (Antwerp)

Victim Wajdi Zairi knew Ismael M. at most of seeing on Duinplak, the square on the Duinstraat in the Seefhoek where the Tunisian man was stabbed to death on Sunday. Wajdi often hung around the square with friends, Ismael M. regularly met with his dealer. When M. was bothering two women on Sunday, Wajdi intervened. With a fatal stabbing as a result.

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Ismael M. immediately fled, sitting on the heels by the friends of Ilyes. He could be arrested by the police 200 meters away, in the Offerandestraat. On a video that has since been shared on social media, you can see how M. seems to realize little to nothing of what he has just done.

The man was brought before the investigating judge on Monday, who decided to keep him for murder. This qualification indicates some pre -needed, because M. apparently deliberately deliberately sagged a dune plaque with a large meat knife. He may wanted to take revenge on another group of men he had had a fight on Saturday.

On Friday Ismael appeared before the council chamber, who decided to extend his arrest by one month. « In view of the ongoing investigation, I cannot say any further information about the circumstances around the stabbing, » says Master Paulina Boamah, the lawyer of Ismael M. « What I can say is that the facts are actually more nuanced than what has appeared in the media so far. »

Earlier reporting it was written that the victim was called Ilyes Zairi, but Ilyes appears to be the name of his 9-year-old son. In the meantime, the Wajdi family has held the well -known criminal lawyer Johan Platteau from abroad. They want to be a civil party. The family tries to repatriate the body of Wajdi to Tunisia to bury him there.

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« Unfortunately, this process is not that fast. It is a huge unreal feeling that we can no longer see our son alive, » Wajdi’s parents say in a statement. « As a family, we are speechless and overwhelmed by the loving reactions, support and attention. We thank everyone for compassion and unconditional support in this difficult time. »