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Belgian mayor's throat slashed - motive was unclear
2017-09-12
Update from Deutsche Welle at 11:20 EDT:
The savage murder of a 71-year-old mayor shocked Belgium on Tuesday as authorities identified the body of Alfred Gadenne. A teenager has confessed to committing the crime as an act of revenge.

State prosecutors told Reuters news agency that the 18-year-old culprit had turned himself in to police at the crime scene.

According to public broadcaster RTBF, the suspect told police he murdered Gadenne because he blamed the mayor for his father's suicide two years ago after he lost his job at Mouscron's city hall.
Posted by:Bov Flimbers

#11  Good finds, DooDah Man and Bov. Thank you.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-09-12 18:27  

#10  all I get is a page saying "mangez Cookie", batard"
Posted by: Alistaire Hupotle3534   2017-09-12 17:32  

#9  This does not appear to be the handiwork of the Religion of Peace. More here
Posted by: Bov Flimbers   2017-09-12 15:39  

#8  Nathan Duponcheel, 18, reportedly handed himself in to police over murder

From the Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4875390/Belgian-Mayor-killed-REVENGE.html
Posted by: DooDahMan   2017-09-12 15:36  

#7  I admit I haven't checked any other Websites for several hours, but when I did, of course, the name (or, as if often the case in Europe, first name and first initial of the last name) was not included in any of the accounts. That is, generally, very suspect as to the "who". But, not so sure in this case. Maybe "Ahmed M." didn't do it, but "Francois L." did. We shall see.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2017-09-12 15:30  

#6  Or on a hit list.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-09-12 11:18  

#5  Unfortunately probably some 'adolescent immigrant' making his bones for the local ISIS chapter.

Find some old guy in a secluded space.....
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-09-12 10:18  

#4  Philippe Courard, president of the parliament for Belgium’s French-speaking south, tweeted: “Terrifying. What kind of world are we living in?”

The kind you made yourself..
Posted by: Warthog   2017-09-12 10:08  

#3  Short for 'perpetrator'.

Which, come to think of it, pretty much defines Google.
Posted by: Pappy   2017-09-12 08:58  

#2  Damn Google with its AI. Perp dammit not perpetual. Get it right.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-09-12 08:09  

#1  Did the perpetual yell Allan's snackbar?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-09-12 08:05  

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