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Police hunt for man who had rocket launcher and threatened Belgium’s top virologist Authorities in Belgium are still hunting for a far-right extremist who had threatened one of the country’s top doctors and had a rocket launcher in his car. The man, identified by police as 46-year-old former soldier Jurgen Conings, was last seen after leaving for work on Monday. Officers describe him as being 1.80 meters (5 feet 11 inches) tall, with a muscular build. An initial investigation found that he ...

Massive Belgian manhunt continues for armed soldier on run RAF CASERT, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3In this photo provided by the Belgian Federal Police on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, an undated photo of Jurgen Conings. Authorities in Belgium are searching a second day for an armed man who is on a terror watch list because of his extreme right sympathies and who had threatened several people. (Belgian Federal Police via AP)APShow MoreShow Less 2of3FILE - Belgian top vir...

Belgium: Police hunt for man who had rocket launcher and threatened top virologist CNN 1 hr ago By Vasco Cotovio and Philip Victor, CNN © Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images Soldiers park a tank at an entrance of Hoge Kempen National Park in northern Belgium on May 20. Authorities in Belgium are still hunting for a far-right extremist who had threatened one of the countrys top doctors and had a rocket launcher in his car. The man, identified by police as 46-year-old forme...

Belgian park shut in hunt for far-right soldier © Reuters The search has centred on the Hoge Kempen National Park Belgian authorities have closed a national park near the Dutch border as the search for a heavily armed soldier with far-right views continues. Dutch and German police are supporting the hundreds of Belgian officers and soldiers involved in the manhunt. The suspect, a military shooting instructor named as Jurgen Conings, went missing on Monday after taking weapons from a barrac...

Belgium on alert for soldier after threats to VIPs ‘WELL TRAINED’: A Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office spokesman said Juergen Conings had disappeared with weapons and had left behind a ‘worrying’ letter AFP, BRUSSELS Police on Wednesday stepped up a search for a Belgian soldier with suspected extreme-right views and access to rocket launchers who went missing after threatening public figures — including a renowned virus expert. Late on W...

Hunt for armed Belgian who threatened virologist © Getty Images Belgian police units have been searching woodland near the Dutch border (file pic) Special Belgian police units are searching woodland for a heavily armed soldier who disappeared after reportedly making violent threats. Described as a military shooting instructor, he has in the past made threats against virologist Marc Van Ranst, who led Belgiums public health response to coronavirus. Mr Van Ranst and his family have been taken ...

Belgians launch hunt for heavily armed soldier who threatened Covid virologist James Crisp © ARIS OIKONOMOU/AFP Marc van Ranst, one of Belgium’s most high-profile virologists, is in police protection - hiding from a man believed to be heavily armed - ARIS OIKONOMOU/AFP A national manhunt was launched on Tuesday in Belgium and the country’s most famous coronavirus expert forced into hiding after a soldier went on the run reportedly armed with a machine gun and a missile la...

BBC News Published image captionBelgian police units have been searching woodland near the Dutch border (file pic) Special Belgian police units are searching woodland for a heavily armed soldier who disappeared after reportedly making violent threats. Described as a military shooting instructor, he has in the past made threats against virologist Marc Van Ranst, who led Belgiums public health response to coronavirus. Mr Van Ranst and his family have been taken to a safe place. The suspect is sai...

SHARE A manhunt is under way in Belgium for a heavily armed soldier with far-right sympathies who threatened one of the country’s top virologists. Belgium’s Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said the man, named in local media as 46-year-old Jurgen C, was an “acute threat” and that there were “indications that he is violent”. Read More The hunt was launched after the discovery of what appeared to be farewell letters penned by Jurgen C, which said he did not want to live in �...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The search for an armed man who is on a Belgian terror watch list because of his extreme right sympathies and who had threatened several people, including a top virologist, entered a second day on Wednesday. Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne described the man as an “acute threat” and is known for […]