18 attempted murders last year in Walloon Brabant

Considered by many to be one of the most enjoyable Belgian provinces to live on because of its flourishing economy and enviable living environment. all, however, Walloon Brabant is not spared by crime. Witness the recent report of the federal police that brings together all the criminal facts identified last year in the Young Province.

This report indicates that no less than 25,395 criminal offenses were perpetrated last year in Walloon Brabant . Eighty-seven a day: shoplifting, racketeering, armed robbery and badault.

Fortunately, the figure is down. In 2016, nearly 27,000 incidents occurred in our province. The decrease in one year is therefore of the order of 5.9%. And even 15% since 2011 (29,894 facts), year when Walloon Brabant was the most affected by crime over the last ten years.

Among the criminal figures most prevalent in our province, there are obviously thefts. Walloon Brabant being reputed to be a rich province, it attracts greed as well. Thus, almost one in three criminal acts is a robbery (9,129 facts) and one in ten is a burglary (2,371 facts last year).

But criminal offenses against the physical integrity of a person are also very important in our province, even if we are far from the figures of major cities like Brussels. Thus, no less than 2,318 cases were opened for badault last year. 18 of which were described as attempted murder or murder.

Two resulted in a fatal outcome. One in Lasne and the other in Waterloo. In this second case, it was a resident of the rue du Verseau who had alerted the police because he had not heard from his neighbor for a few days. Arrived on the spot, the police had made the macabre discovery. The lifeless body of Jacques Piret, born in 1949, had been found in a pool of blood. A few meters away, they found the body of his son Frédéric, born in 1976, who had killed himself after killing his father.

The investigation will reveal later that the murderer, single and very attached to his mother had not borne the death of her a few months earlier and had ended her life after taking away her father 's life