Overview
- Police report six people suffered stab wounds near Operaplein around 7:20 p.m. as a small Kurdish demonstration was ending, with two victims in critical condition.
- Four victims were found on Opera Square and two others nearby at Rooseveltplaats and Sint-Elisabethstraat, and they were treated on scene before being taken to hospital.
- Officers already monitoring the rally administered first aid, detained two suspects at the scene, and asked bystanders to leave while the area was secured.
- Investigators have not released the suspects’ identities or a confirmed motive, and are reviewing CCTV and phone videos as part of the ongoing criminal inquiry.
- Organisers from NavBel called the attack politically motivated, and widely shared clips show Kurdish and PKK flags at the protest, police making arrests, and medics aiding the wounded.