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28/08/2026 – 17:57 GMT+2

Brussels’ chief prosecutor called for a tougher crackdown on drug trafficking gangs on Friday, after a spate of shootings that have rocked the Belgian capital.

The city, home to the headquarters of the European Union, has seen an eye-catching rash of gun violence in recent days.

Masked assailants have fired off automatic weapons in a string of incidents, leaving several people wounded and seeing a police station targeted.

“Anyone could get shot,” prosecutor Julien Moinil told journalists.

Moinil said that there have been 69 shooting incidents in Brussels so far this year and 170 in total since the start of…

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