The police seized a hundred weapons and military equipment during searches carried out in seven localities of Flanders. Six individuals were arrested, another, known as a “survivalist”, was killed during an exchange of shots.
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The Belgian federal prosecution said on Wednesday, September 28, that the police – including special units – had led, in the early morning, ten searches in Flanders as part of an investigation into the preparations for an attack by people close to the far right. Six individuals were arrested. It is unclear what their target would have been but, according to a press release from the judicial authorities, the group is suspected of “wanting to lead a form of armed resistance against the government, without having already determined a concrete target or a date of action” .
The operations carried out in seven localities, notably Antwerp and Ghent, led to the death of a 36 -year -old man, killed during an exchange of fire with the special units of the federal police in Merksem, a district of Antwerp.
hatred of immigrants, Jews, State
The federal prosecutor’s office delivered little information on the victim, Yannick Verdyck, who presented himself on social networks like a precious metal merchant, a collector of weapons, and a follower of sports shooting. Very prolix, he regularly expressed his sympathies for the extreme right and his hatred of immigrants, Jews or the State, and pleaded for the establishment of a military dictatorship. His latest message, dated September 26, celebrated the victory in the Italian elections of the Fratelli Party of Italia (post-fascist) of Giorgia Meloni.
According to Morgen’s daily newspaper, justice has been targeting Verdyck for several months and some of his relatives, all known as “preppers”, survivalists, or “collapsologists”, convinced that the current world will collapse and that It is appropriate, according to one of the dogmas of this movement, to “predict and anticipate rather than undergo”. This therefore implies to arm to defend themselves and defend your family. In order to survive the alleged apocalypse which threatens, it was appropriate, according to Verdyck, to obtain weapons. For this, he advised, we can get a license in a shooting club and thus establish relations with people capable of providing it easily.
According to the judicial authorities, the police seized, in Merksem, a hundred weapons in total, a large amount of ammunition and various military equipment. Investigators also visited places where man and one of his friends manipulated weapons, drones and communication equipment.
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