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MEP’s assistant injured in Brussels taking pictures – POLITICO


BRUSSELS — A European Parliament assistant working for an MEP within the European Individuals’s Occasion was shot and injured in Brussels on Wednesday evening.

An EPP spokesperson confirmed to POLITICO {that a} lady working for a Swedish member of the group was wounded and brought to hospital with accidents not thought of to be life-threatening. The spokesperson didn’t identify the assistant or the MEP.

Belgian media reported that 4 individuals had been injured within the taking pictures, which came about on Avenue de la Toison d’Or, a preferred purchasing avenue.

It isn’t being thought of a terror assault, native media reported.

Swedish EPP lawmaker Tobias Tobe mentioned on X: “One in all our staff has been injured in a taking pictures in Brussels. Horrible. The individual in query is receiving care in the intervening time, the scenario is just not thought of to be important.”

Laura Hülsemann contributed reporting.



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