Outrage over girl’s ‘drug war’ death as Belgium’s cocaine haul breaks records
didier@euronews8.com
Belgian politicians have expressed outrage over the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old girl in Antwerp in a “drug war” between rival gangs, as authorities said cocaine seizures at the city’s port passed the 100-tonne mark for the first time last year.
Figures showing an unprecedented interception of cocaine at Antwerp, Europe’s second-largest port, were released on Tuesday, as shock reverberated over the death of the girl. The child, who was hit during a shooting in the Merksem district on Monday evening, was described by the city’s mayor, Bart de Wever, as the innocent victim of a drugs war.
“Terrible news from Merksem,” tweeted Belgium’s justice minister, Vincent Van Quickenborne, adding that the drug mafia could not sink any lower.
