There had been both tourists and local residents shopping on the terrace.
Six A person was slightly injured in the Belgian capital, Brussels, on Friday when a van drove onto the terrace of a cafe, police said. The terrace was full of people.
According to the police, the incident took place on Saint-Michel street, popular with tourists, a little before one o’clock in the afternoon. The driver fled the scene. The rescue personnel arrived on the terrace quickly, and the injuries of all the injured were treated on the spot.
Police arrested the suspect later on Friday in Antwerp in the north of the country and took him in for questioning. However, the authorities could not say immediately after the arrest whether the act was intentional.
Mayor of Brussels Philippe Close said in a newspaper interview that there had been both tourists and local residents shopping on the terrace.
“It is certain that the vehicle was traveling at a very high rate of speed,” Close said.
Police officers at the scene of the terrace collision in the Rue Neuve pedestrian area in the center of Brussels on Friday.
Article edited on 26.8. at 10:37 p.m.: Added information that the suspect has been arrested.
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