Research into murder: Body found in abandoned building in Hasselt (inland)

« The investigation is being conducted under the leadership of the investigating judge. The criminal investigation of the Limburg Police Region Capital is working on supporting the FGP, » says press magistrate Pieter Strauven of the Limburg Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Nothing is known about the victim. Also about the circumstances of the death is currently not yet communicated. « We can confirm that it is a violent death, » said Pieter Strauven.

A part of the Singelbeekstraat has been tensioned with a police ribbon. The traffic on the busy large ring in Hasselt could not turn to the Singelbeekstraat on the Gouverneur Roppesingel, near the Voka building. There, police combs guarded the closed zone for the investigation into the violent death.

Wild

The victim’s body was found in an empty house at the end of the Singelbeekstraat. « Those houses have been uninhabited for years. Totally wild and ripe for demolition, » say the neighbors. They came to look surprised on Tuesday when the police vehicles drove into the street.

In the interest of the investigation, no more information will be given about the investigation on Tuesday.