Has stabbed woman (47) burglar caught? Images tell possible more

Knokke-Heist, The 47-year-old woman Friday morning in her home was stabbed by an intruder, is still in an artificial coma, but is no longer in danger. The house is since a few months, the second stay of the victim and her husband and two children. Possible camera footage from the neighborhood bring more clarity.

The 47-year-old victim was Friday around 10 p.m. in her home in the Cipressenstraat in Knokke face with the intruder. Who the man is and what he came into the house to do, is still unclear. It is established that the offender is the woman several knife wounds it has inflicted and then fled. Possible the wife of a burglar caught and has that panic acted. “In the same street, there was shortly before, once an intrusion attempt. Perhaps there is a link between the two affairs”, sounds in the neighborhood. The seriously injured victim, that, among other things in the neck was stabbed, could still notify the emergency services. The woman is in an artificial coma in the hospital, but according to the public prosecutor's office out of danger.

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Police and public prosecutor argued Friday all-day investigation in and around the house. During the buurtonderzoek they went looking for any witnesses. This pushed them on camera from a nearby person who may have more clarity can bring. The fleeing offender; to see the images, but both the trader and if the police give no comment. Meanwhile, could the seriously injured victim is still not be questioned. In the meantime, the police, the house of the family was sealed.

The few neighbors in the Cipressenstraat respond already shocked at the twinge. “Even for 10 hours, I her have seen when I was out with the dogs went for a walk. A half hour later I returned and stood in the street full of police”, says a visible excited neighbor. The new district is only a few months completed and is tentative for the most part uninhabited. According to some of the neighbors used the 47-year-old victim, who is of foreign origin, the property, together with her husband and two young children as a second residence. They are described as friendly people who regularly visit Knokke arrived.

Motive?

The public prosecutor of Bruges " me with a comment. Also on the track of the burglar, they give no comments. “The culprit is on the run and being tracked down. About the motive, we cannot determine. That is further explored”, let the prosecution know.