A house search in Lodelinsart (Charleroi) escalated on Monday morning, resulting in the death of one police officer. The perpetrator died later in the day.
A 36-year-old special forces agent, part of the Directorate of Special Units (DSU), was killed during a house search that became a shoot-out on Rue de l'Étang in Lodelinsart, Charleroi, on Monday morning.
The DSU team broke into the house at around 06:30, they immediately identified themselves as police officers. The team first found a woman, but almost immediately after they discovered a person hidden behind a door, who was armed and shot at the agents.