A memorial for the victims of paedophile and murderer Marc Dutroux was officially inaugurated in Marcinelle near Charleroi (Hainaut province) on Tuesday. The memorial is at the place while Dutroux's house once stood. It consists of a flower garden with as its backdrop is a wall that has been painted white.
The location of the memorial on land where the house in while Marc Dutroux abused two then 8-year-old girls Julie Lejeune and Mélissa Russo once stood. The two children later starved to death in the basement of the house.
The basement of the house was not demolished, and it is now located beneath the memorial garden. Relatives of Marc Dutroux's victims were among those that took part in the inauguration ceremony on Tuesday.
This memorial garden that is called “Entre terre et ciel,” meaning “Between Heaven and Earth,” is not open to the public.
