The public prosecutor's office in Antwerp has launched an investigation into a home invasion in Mechelen. This involved several suspects entering a house in Schijfstraat. The occupants were threatened with firearms and suffered minor injuries.
The Antwerp prosecutor's office and Rivierenland Local Police Service are looking for several people suspected of having carried a home invasion burglary in Mechelen (Antwerp Province). News of the violent burglary first appeared in the daily ‘Gazet van Antwerpen’ and has since been confirmed by VRT News sources.
Persons that are as yet unknown broke into a house in Schijfstraat in Pennepoel, a hamlet that is within the city limits of Mechelen, on Tuesday night. They threatened the occupants with firearms. The occupents of the house sustained minor injuries during their ordeal.
The motive for the home invasion is report to be a dispute about crypto currency.