Belgium’s leading virologist is in hiding, holed up with his family in a government safe house. The reason? A right-wing Flemish soldier. Jürgen Conings disappeared from his home on 17 May, leaving behind a booby-trapped car and a series of letters laying out his grievances against ‘the regime’. In a goodbye letter to his partner, Conings wrote:
The so-called political elite, joined now by the virologists, are deciding how you and I should live… I don’t care whether I die or not, but I will live my last days the way I want.
The muscular 5ft 9in former corporal is now officially a grade-4 terror risk. But that hasn’t stopped the emergence of pro-Conings groups in Flanders, the richer, Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. A Facebook group called ‘I love Jürgen Conings’ grew to 50,000 members before being taken down.
The muscular 5ft 9in former corporal is now officially a grade-4 terror risk
As the hunt for Conings intensifies, several hundred protesters have held sympathetic demonstrations.
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