(Brussels Times) A 23-year-old Palestinian man who reportedly told the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Fedasil) that he intends to “die as a martyr by blowing himself up” has now been arrested, La Dernière Heure reports.
The man was arrested in a hotel in the municipality of Anderlecht shortly before 12:30 on Wednesday.
He had applied for asylum in Belgium on 26 September and was due to apply again the following day. However, it transpired that the man did not go to the Fedasil offices on Tuesday and reportedly expressed his desire to die a martyr’s death, mentioning that he had learned that his entire family had died in Gaza, Het Laatste Nieuws reported on Tuesday.
