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Emergency services were alerted around 1 a.m. to an explosion. The Department for the Removal and Destruction of Explosive Devices (SEDEE) of Defense notably visited the site.
All tracks are open at this stage, including that of an attack linked to the drug world.
Several such attacks have targeted homes in Mechelen in recent weeks.