In Meer, a borough of Hoogstraten, a body was found in a field. This was confirmed by the Antwerp public prosecutor's office on Saturday. The circumstances in which the body was found are suspicious, according to the public prosecutor's office. An investigating judge has been called in for facts that are provisionally classified as murder.
The identity of the body is not yet known, and the public prosecutor's office does not wish to comment further at this stage, including on whether the body may have been in the field for some time. The forensic doctor and the forensic laboratory have been called to the scene.
