Belgium: Belgian Parliamentarian Assaulted by Street Thugs

Hat tip Vlad Tepes. Translation by Fousesquawk. 

A Belgian member of Parliament was attacked by a gang of 6-7 “youths” as the media like to call them in Europe as he was walking around a Brussels neighborhood (in which he himself resides). Mathias Vanden Borre of the New Flemish Alliance Party managed to film the attackers with his cell phone.

The below article from HLN in Belgium is translated by Fousesquawk. We expect to have sub-titling available for the video soon. If you know French, you can watch it for yourself in this article.

https://www.hln.be/brussel/parlementslid-filmt-hoe-brusselse-jongeren-hem-aanvallen-gestampt-geslagen-en-bijna-beroofd~ac28a1c4/

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Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre (N-VA-New Flemish Alliance)  suddenly surrounded and receives a couple of heavy blows

MP films how Brussels youths attack him: “Stomped, beaten and almost robbed”

April 27, 2021

Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre (N-VA) has made a film in which can be seen how he was attacked by a number of youths. “I was attacked, stomped, beaten, and almost robbed,” Vanden Borre tells HLN. The MP was able to flee but sustained injuries. The police have confirmed the story and are conducting an investigation. 

The events occurred around 17:00 in Brussels in the Essegem neighborhood, on the border of Jette and Laken. “I was with my wife and my 7-day-old son visiting a photographer. While my wife and my son were still inside, I went out for a walk around the block,” said Vanden Borre to HLN. The N-VA member of Parliament knows the area because he himself lives nearby.

“Suddenly 6 or 7 young guys came walking behind me. They began yelling at me to intimidate me. I grabbed my cell phone and began to film. Then they came closer. I first got a kick in my side, then a blow on my jaw. One of them tried to steal my cell phone. Then I ran.”

Vanden Borre was able to escape, but the gang ran after him. “Then I ran another 500 meters and called the police.” They (police) were at the scene within a few minutes with several teams, according to the MP.

Ringing in the ears

“My jaw is swollen, and I suffer from ringing in the ears,” says Vanden Borre, who visited a doctor this afternoon and is unable to work for three days. He has no idea why the youths attacked him. “They came after me out of nowhere,” said Vanden Borre.

A police spokesperson confirms to HLN that an investigation of the attack is in progress.  Whether the perpetrators have been caught is not clear. “A police officer immediately recognized one of the guys from my images. So I assume that they are well known to the police,” also said Vanden Borre at the police station this evening where he was filing a complaint. He hopes that the images taken, which he has put on social media, will help in the identification of his attackers.