The body of a 53-year-old man was found in the waters in Ghent. The man is believed to have drowned. Belgian media wrote that eyewitnesses saw the man thrown into the water by two other men last night. The accident occurred near the heart of the Gentse Feesten Festival, a major event organized every year in the Flemish city.
on me latest news An eyewitness tells that her screams woke her up in the morning. From her window she saw two men swinging a third man on a bridge and tossing him into the canal. There was also a fourth man who had just seen. Eyewitnesses believed that the men were acquaintances and that it was a joke.
After the victim did not appear on the surface, the rest fled, according to an eyewitness. latest news It states that one of the men drove away in a car registered in the Netherlands.
The fire brigade entered the water with divers and managed to retrieve the victim’s body with a crane this afternoon.
The police are looking for two men
Police are currently searching for the two men who threw the victim into the water. The police do not want to reveal the identity of the victim, except that he is 53 years old and hails from Ghent.
Currently in the Flemish city, Ghent festivities are a major festival that takes place every summer and attracts tens of thousands of visitors. The accident occurred outside the festival site.
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