Belgium, a body found in a wood: perhaps a soldier on the run

2021-06-25T09:15:58.589Z

The lifeless body found by a passer-by in a forest in the Belgian municipality of Dilsen-Stokkem would belong to 46-year-old Jurgen Conings, a soldier with far-right sympathies and wanted by the authorities of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. This was reported in a statement by the Belgian authorities, who had been hunting Conings for four weeks. The soldier would have committed suicide. Conings, who disappeared from a barracks on May 17 and suspected of terrorism, had the intention of targeting a series of personalities and institutions, including one of the country's leading virologists. According to the prosecutor's office, the security forces had searched 10 homes belonging to people believed to be close to the fugitive. Last month the police found the soldier's car,in which four anti-tank rocket launchers and other ammunition had been found.