Belgian police have arrested a man suspected of shooting dead a judge and a clerk in a courtroom in central Brussels yesterday.
The man, armed with a gun, was overpowered in a Brussels park between the royal palace and parliament late yesterday.
Prosecutors said he had admitted killing the 61-year-old female judge in revenge for his eviction from an apartment three years ago following a rent dispute. A 59-year-old clerk was also killed.
"The investigation will have to determine whether the man was mentally ill," said prosecution spokesman Jean-Marc Meilleur. He declined to comment on the nationality of the man, who will be questioned further today.
It was the first time a judge had been killed in a Belgian court, the justice minister said.
Reuters