A Dutch soldier was injured after a parachute jump in Belgium. This has been confirmed by the Public Prosecution Service in Leuven. There doesn’t seem to be any intent.
Initially, the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reported two injured people. According to the Public Prosecution Service in Leuven, there is one. The parachutist (born 2002) was taken to hospital. There would have been no danger to life. The other soldier involved escaped without any serious injuries.
The accident happened at the airport near Diest, where, in addition to the Belgian army, the Dutch army also trains. After a jump, two parachutes became entangled.
In recent months, one soldier has been killed and several injured in accidents during exercises abroad.
Parachute murder
Belgian justice is extra alert to accidents involving a parachute after a high-profile lawsuit in 2009, which became known as the ‘parachute murder’. Then a parachute was deliberately disabled.
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