Belgium: Detained three of the hijackers in Gent

Around 8 a.m. local time, police received the alert: four armed men had entered an apartment of a city worker neighborhood and had made hostages. Later found out that this was just a hostage.

The owner of a stationery store in the neighborhood where the abduction occurred, explained that "a man entered the establishment, in my pajamas, asking for help to call the police because they had entered the apartment where she lives four armed men had taken hostage a friend".

About four hours later, 20 special forces agents managed to enter the House and detain three men. Were not disclosed information about the fourth suspect and about the hostage. This case, which is now being investigated, may be related to drug trafficking, as he explained the spokesperson of local authorities, Annemie Serlippens: "two or three of those involved are already referenced by this type of crime."

The neighborhood is one of the most problematic of the city in the North of the country and ensure that residents there have always been problems. "This was not the first time, won't be the last," underlines one of the residents.

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