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Shocking attacks in Brussels / A policeman and an Albanian are killed near the European Parliament

2026-11-12 09:53:00 / AKTUALITET ALFA PRESS
Shocking attacks in Brussels / A policeman and an Albanian are killed near the

The people who shot and killed Belgian police officer Nordine El Talbi (41 years old) on the night between October 12 and 13, in the Jette municipality of Brussels, are suspected of having also killed an Albanian citizen in the Ixelles municipality on the same day. The Belgian newspaper De Standaard reports, while investigators are now convinced that both attacks were carried out by the same people.

By Laura Wellens, HLN

The first shooting occurred on Monday, October 12, at 5:50 p.m., on Wiertz Street in Ixelles, in the heart of the European Quarter and near the European Parliament. The perpetrators shot a man in the chest in the lobby of an apartment building. He died at the scene, despite the intervention of emergency services.

The incident occurred in the afternoon, when it was still light and there were many people on the streets in the area. This is a neighborhood where many employees of European institutions live.

The victim, an Albanian citizen, was shot with seven or eight pistol bullets. Then, three or four perpetrators fled the scene. The man had no criminal record in Belgium, but, according to some sources, everything points to a settling of scores in the world of drug trafficking. The incident presents all the characteristics of a contract killing.

During the first press conference after the murder of police officer El Talbi, the Brussels Prosecutor's Office stated that there did not appear to be a connection between the two attacks.

However, investigators are now convinced that the same perpetrators are behind both incidents. The prosecution does not confirm this connection, but security camera footage has brought significant progress in the investigation.

Car stolen with violence

A few hours after the incident in Ixelles, Nordine El Talbi and his colleagues from the Brussels police's anti-robbery unit were searching for a Volkswagen T-Cross. The perpetrators had stolen the car earlier, during the evening of the same Monday, in a violent robbery in Tubize.

Around midnight, police spotted the vehicle parked along Boulevard Carton de Wiart, in Jette. When El Talbi approached on foot to check on the situation, the people inside the car opened fire on him. A bullet hit him in the head, killing him.

According to Brussels prosecutor Julien Moinil, there were five people in the vehicle and one of them fired the fatal shot. The perpetrators left three firearms on the sidewalk next to the car and fled on foot.

Four suspects extradited from abroad

The suspects in both murders fled Belgium after the events. Less than a week later, police arrested three of them in Almería, Spain, while they were allegedly traveling to Morocco. A fourth was arrested at a train station in Paris.

One of the four suspects is a minor. Meanwhile, foreign authorities have extradited all four suspects to Belgium.

Shortly after the shooting, police arrested two other suspects in Brussels. The Council Chamber decided to release one of them due to lack of sufficient evidence, while the other suspect remains in custody.

All suspects are residents of Brussels and are known to be involved in the world of drug trafficking. According to the Prosecutor's Office, investigators also found a significant amount of drugs in the stolen vehicle.

The links between the events remain under investigation.

There is still much uncertainty about the exact course of events and their motive. What is known is that the perpetrators first killed the Albanian citizen, then violently robbed the vehicle in Tubize and, finally, shot and killed police officer El Talbi.

Further investigations are expected to reveal how exactly all of these events are connected to each other.

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