Skip to main content
institutional access

You are connecting from
Lake Geneva Public Library,
please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.

Published loading...Updated

Fusillades in Brussels: Why Is the Police Struggling to Stem Drug-Related Violence?

Summary by RTL Info
Bruno Hallaert, police consultant for RTL info - RTL info In the show "15 minutes to understand", Jim Nejman receives two people to answer a question. On Tuesday 25 August, our journalist and presenter received the mayor of Saint-Gilles Jean Spinette, but also Bruno Hallaert, our police consultant to try to answer the following question: Fusillades in Brussels, why can't we stop them?For three days, Brussels has been the scene of an outbreak of …

4 Articles

Center

Barely sketched in the face of the resurgence of the shootings, the sacred union between liberals and Brussels socialists imploded this Tuesday. A muscular exit of Georges-Louis Boucher sealed the rupture, transforming the security management of the capital into a political battlefield. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
Read Full Article

As drug-related violence escalates in Brussels, politicians blame each other for the lack of police officers to tackle criminal gangs. The security policy, which has been fragmented for years, remains underexposed in this discussion, even though, according to criminologist Jelle Janssens, that is the fundamental problem.

·Belgium
Read Full Article

After several days marked by shootings, the debate also moves on the means given to the services responsible for combating drug trafficking. The PTB leader in Brussels calls on the authorities to review their priorities. Françoise De Smedt, head of the PTB group in Brussels and resident of Saint-Gilles, calls for more resources following the series of shootings that took place in Brussels. There are 83 missing investigators in the judicial polic…

Bruno Hallaert, police consultant for RTL info - RTL info In the show "15 minutes to understand", Jim Nejman receives two people to answer a question. On Tuesday 25 August, our journalist and presenter received the mayor of Saint-Gilles Jean Spinette, but also Bruno Hallaert, our police consultant to try to answer the following question: Fusillades in Brussels, why can't we stop them?For three days, Brussels has been the scene of an outbreak of …

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 100% of the sources are Center
100% Center

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

RTL Info broke the news on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal