The police are appealing for witnesses to help with their search for a man that raped a young woman that was returning home from a rock concert in the summer of 2023. The woman was raped by a taxi driver and the police are appealing to other taxi drivers that were working in Brussels on the evening of 4 August 2023 to help them identify the rapist.
Police appeal for witnesses after 18-year-old woman is raped by taxi driver after Rammstein concert in Brussels
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The 18-year-old was on her way home from a Rammstein concert that was held in the King Boudewijn Stadium in Brussels. She got into a taxi on the Surlet de Chokierplein in Sint-Joost-ten-Node, near to the Madou metro station.
The police say that taxi driver drove to a concealed spot where he brutally raped his victim. The suspect is around 35 years old and drove a taxi with a red or dark orange luminous sign. He is of heavy build and is white with dark blond curly hair.
Police are keen to speak to any taxi drivers that were in the vicinity of Madou on the evening of 4 August 2023 and saw a young woman wearing a Rammstein t-shirt get into a taxi. That was parked near to them.
Taxi companies in Brussels have been asked to check whether anyone fitting the suspect’s description was working for them on the evening of 04/08/23.
Anyone with information that might help the police with their investigation is asked to contact them by email opsporingen@police.belgium.eu or telephone 0800/30 300.