Belgian top darts player Kim Huybrechts seriously injured in attack by Brussels youth

Belgian top darts player Kim Huybrechts was attacked by a group of young people just after a football match on Thursday.

Huybrechts (38) attended the cup final in Brussels between his favorite team Antwerp and Union. The people of Antwerp saw the cup pass them by, but the worst was yet to come for the Belgian icon of the darts world.

Huybrechts and his friend Kevin Belmans were attacked by a group of ‘Brussels youth’ on the way to the supporters’ buses. The current Belgian number two suffered a double shoulder fracture. By the way, it’s the shoulder of his throwing arm. A true drama for a professional darts player.

According to witnesses, the Belgian darts player was in the wrong place at the wrong time. It is currently unclear how long Huybrechts will be out.

‘The Hurricane’ is therefore on hold for an indefinite period of time and that has consequences for the rest of his season. The World Cup of Darts, where he has been a fixture for years and would play together with Dimitri Van den Bergh, therefore seems to have gone up in smoke.

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