A 34-year-old man from Hotton was found dead on Monday morning after opening fire near caravans and vehicles occupied by Travellers at the Bourdon-Hotton industrial estate on Sunday night, prosecutors said.
The man, born in 1990, went to the site at about 23:00, where Travellers had parked on a car park. According to the Luxembourg public prosecutor’s office, he fired shots towards the caravans and vehicles, before fleeing in his van.
A group of Travellers reportedly gave chase and shots were exchanged during the pursuit.
The van eventually came to a stop in Rue de Hotton in Marche-en-Famenne. The man then ran off on foot towards nearby woods, the prosecutor’s office said.
A large-scale search operation was launched, and his body was found at around 08:00 on Monday.
In view of a head wound, the forensic pathologist concluded that he had taken his own life. The prosecutor’s office said an autopsy would therefore not be needed to establish the cause of death.
