Army exercise causes panic in West Flemish town
A number of concerned locals called the police to report having seen armed men on the streets and having heard gunshots.
Kuurne’s Mayor Francis Benoit told journalists that "I would have like to have been informed. I something like this is happening in your town you like to know about it so you can reassure people. We received a lot of questions, amongst other things about the fact that that there were shots. It was 9:30pm at a lot of children were already in bed.”
“The police had also not been informed. They suddenly received calls about armed men roaming the streets”, Mr Benoit added.
A whole series of exercises
On Thursday Morning, King Filip visited another army exercise in near-by Wevelgem. There soldiers had the task of taking over the airport building.
However, mist meant that the troops were unable to land and the exercise was delayed. After visiting Wevelgem, the King moved on to Harebeke where and exercise with 500 soldiers is taking place on Thursday afternoon.