They are looking for a “Rambo” armed with a rocket launcher in the forests of Belgium

The hatred of virologists in Europe – they are the constant target of insults from those who reject public health restrictions – jumped a notch on Tuesday in Belgium. The authorities announced that they had mobilized dozens of police and secret service agents to “Cazar” a “Jurgen C.”, an active soldier who had threatened Marc Van Ranst, the most famous Belgian virologist and adviser to the Ministry of Health, with death.

“Jurgen C.”, as the serviceman was identified, has a rocket launcher, machine gun and pistol, all Fly in a military barracks.

Authorities also confirmed that the soldier was on a list of people from far right ideology which are considered a threat to public safety. Belgian law prevented him from being dismissed from his post simply because of this alleged threat and compelled him to act.

The man is 46 years old and according to his confreres confessed to investigators, he has made threats against Van Ranst, who has been placed – with his family – under police protection in a safe place outside his home.

The virologist, professor at the University of Louvain, had already suffered threats in recent months, always from extreme right-wing flamenco environments and generally via social networks.

Tuesday evening, the authorities found, on the edge of a small forest in the province of Limburg (bordering the Netherlands and Germany) the car of “Jurgen”, an Audi Q5. Had no plates identification.

The Belgian press tells this Wednesday that the secret services place the suspect in violent far-right environments for yearsAlthough they have no history of action and he has no criminal record.

Potentially dangerous

In the list of potential threats to state security, he appears as “the far right Potentially dangerous“. Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne told Flemish public television VTM that “there are indications that he is a violent person and in the last 24 hours we have accumulated evidence that he represents a serious threat “.

The military secret services also placed him under surveillance because he is on a list of 30 potentially violent right-wing soldiers. “Jurgen C.” I was under surveillance because for his radical anti-immigration views he was seen as a threat and it was believed he could attack asylum centers for refugees.

The Flemish newspaper “De Standaard” tells this afternoon that the investigators found a notebook of “Jurgen C. in which he had written that they would not arrest him alive, so it is feared that he will release him. a suicide bombing. The names of other well-known virologists and various political figures would appear in this writing.

Belgium has notified the Dutch and German police services, which are already preparing devices to detect “Jurgen C. in case he has left Belgian territory. Borders They are open and the steps between these three countries are counted in the hundreds.

Brussels, special

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