A suspected burglar was seriously injured after falling onto a garage roof after what police believe was an attempted burglary in the Brussels municipality of Forest.
"On Wednesday evening at around 20:30, our teams were called out to attend to an injured person on Rue Meyerbeer in Forest," said the Midi Police Zone.
"On arrival, our officers found a victim on the roof of a garage. The emergency services attended to the person and took him to hospital."
According to initial reports, the man was spotted whilst attempting to break into a building and is believed to have fallen whilst fleeing.
"The Public Prosecutor’s Office was informed, and the individual in question was taken into custody," the statement added.
