Thousands of Belgian police line streets for funeral of murdered colleague

BRUSSELS – Hundreds of uniformed police lined the streets of the Belgian metropolis of Borgworm on Friday for the funeral of a murdered 29-year-old policeman, saluting because the cortege handed.

Thomas Monjoie was stabbed to dying on the night of Nov. 10 within the north Brussels commune of Schaerbeek. A Belgian man, Yassine Mahi, 32, has been arrested and charged with homicide and the tried homicide of one other officer in a suspected terror assault.

The suspect, who was identified by deradicalisation companies, had gone to a police station the morning of the stabbing saying he wished psychiatric assist, police mentioned.

Three officers took him to a psychiatric ward close by however Mahi left the ready room earlier than being handled, the hospital mentioned.

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