In the Belgian city of Haasrod, a tragedy occurred near Brussels, shocked the local community and the Ukrainian diaspora. Why did it become possible? The first versions appeared.
On Friday June 6 in the morning in the house where the refugee family lived from Ukraine, a fire broke out. A 46-year-old woman named Lilia, her six-year-old daughter Anna and a family dog died. Later it turned out: The 16-year-old son of Lilia was involved in deathwho himself admitted to the crime.
Fleet from the war: the path of the Ukrainian family
Three years ago, the family from Lviv moved to Belgium, fleeing the war. At first they were in the refugee center, then at the foster family. About two years ago, they settled in the old Pastorsk house in Haasrod. The head of the family remained in Ukraine – he is engaged in the evacuation of the wounded from the front. The eldest daughter of the family, 20-year-old Alina, lives in Ireland.
Lilia worked as a nurse in a local hospital. Despite the difficulties, she learned her tongue and tried to integrate into society. According to loved ones, the woman was open and friendly.
A fire shocked by the district
On the morning of June 6, the neighbors noticed smoke leaving the windows of the house on Milsestraat Street. Firefighters managed to take control of the situation by 10:20. The bodies of two people were discovered inside the house. Lilia died on the spot, her little daughter died later, despite attempts at resuscitation. Their labrador Nicole dog also died.
The son of Lilia at the time of the incident was at school. At first he was considered a witness, but already during an interrogation that lasted five hours, the teenager admitted to double murder and arson of the house.
Motives and preliminary versions
According to the Belgian edition of HLN, the conflict in the family could be connected with money. The teenager worked as a waiter in a cafe and, according to his colleagues, a few days before the tragedy he spoke of his intention to kill his family.
“He mentioned this three days before the fire. One of his colleagues realized that it was serious when he saw the news, ”the HLN eyewitness quotes.
Investigators found that on the day of the murder between a teenager and Lily, a conflict on household grounds occurred: a quarrel due to study and pocket money grew into a fight, during which he inflicted mortal wounds on his mother and his half-sister.
There is evidence that shortly after the tragedy the young man acquired an iPhone and transferred 3,000 euros to a girl to whom he had feelings, but did not receive reciprocity. In social networks, the teenager’s friends write that he had long expressed hostility to his stepmother.
Family: Facts and Communications
Lilia was not a biological mother of a teenager. He is the son of her husband from her first marriage, like his older sister Alina. The murdered six -year -old girl Anna was the common daughter of Lilia and her spouse. All three children lived with Lily in Belgium, while the father remained in Ukraine. After the start of a full -scale war, the woman took the children abroad.
Reaction of relatives
Alina, the older sister, initially did not believe in the involvement of her brother. She told reporters that he called her on the day of the tragedy in tears, reporting a fire:
“I was afraid of the worst. At first they said that my mother died. There was also hope for Anya. But later I was informed that both of them died. Knife wounds were found on the bodies. Anya was a cheerful girl, despite the innate heart disease. She missed her father. Mom did everything so that we live safe. She was a bright man who tried to help everyone. “
Court and public resonance
The teenager admitted to his deed, but his motive remains unclear.
“He called the reason, but it is so banal that it does not explain the cruelty of the act,” said the representative of the prosecutor's office Sarah Kallevert.
Now the guy is in a closed institution for minors in Everberg. In the near future he will appear before the Juvenile Court.
Meanwhile, in social networks, opinions diverge: some demand to judge the teenager as an adult and send to Ukraine, others believe that he could have serious mental deviations, and someone generally doubts his guilt.
“Send it to the front – let him kill there, and not at the expense of Belgian taxpayers,” a local resident Patricatt wrote on Facebook.
This crime shocked not only Belgium, but also the Ukrainian diaspora. Behind the tragedy there are losses of loss, questions that have no answers yet, and the tragically destroyed life of the family, which was already affected by the war. The investigation continues, and society is waiting for justice.
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