An 86-year-old man from Lommel was found dead on Friday evening in a farmhouse in Bergeijk, the Netherlands, near the Belgian border. According to the police, he was killed.
Shortly after the incident, a 62-year-old man from Bergeijk was arrested. He is suspected of involvement in the violent death of the victim. He is still in custody and has been questioned.
Emergency services arrived at the scene at around 18:00 on Friday evening after receiving a report from residents of a farm near the Maaij nature reserve in Bergeijk, who had found a family member seriously injured in a barn on the property.
Upon arrival, officers determined that the man was dead. It appeared that he had been killed in a crime. He did not live on the property himself, but was from Lommel.
Shortly after the incident, the police arrested the 62-year-old suspect near his home. The police are still investigating exactly what happened.
