Man Held For 'Driving At Crowd' In Antwerp

A French national of North African origin has been arrested in the Belgian city of Antwerp on suspicion of driving at a crowd.

The car was being driven at high speed and pedestrians had to jump out of the way to avoid being injured.

Belgian police arrested a man named as Mohamed R, 39, today after he tried to drive into a crowd at high-speed in a shopping area in the port city of Antwerp at around 11am.

Authorities found knives, a shotgun and a gas can with an unknown liquid in the car, and Belgian authorities have confirmed a bomb squad had been sent to the area.

Belgian PM Charles Michel praised the authorities for an 'outstanding job'.

It comes after a terrorist crashed into pedestrians and cyclists on Westminster Bridge in a 4x4 yesterday, before fatally stabbing a police officer.

The assailant has since been named as Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old from the West Midlands

Yesterday also marked the first anniversary of the twin bomb attacks in Brussels, that killed 32 people.

Source: BBC and Business Standard

Topics: terrorism

James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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