Body of Armed Belgian Fugitive Soldier Found, Suicide Suspected

Body of Armed Belgian Fugitive Soldier Found, Suicide Suspected
Jurgen Conings in a file photo. Belgian Federal Police via AP
Reuters
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BRUSSELS—Belgian police found the body on Sunday of a fugitive soldier who went missing a month ago with a stash of weapons after threatening a virologist and his family, the Belgian federal prosecutors’ office said.

“The cause of death is probably, according to initial findings, attributable to suicide by firearm, but this cause will have to be established during a future forensic examination,” the office said in a statement.