Very interesting

EU capital mulls sending army to streets

Belgium’s defense chief has indicated that troops could join police patrols in Brussels as authorities confront rising gang violence

The city has recorded roughly 60 shootings so far this year — about one-third of them during the summer months — resulting in two fatalities, according to local media reports.

Last month, Security and Home Affairs Minister Bernard Quentin described the situation as “a catastrophe,” warning that criminal gangs had grown “increasingly brazen.” He urged the deployment of joint teams of police officers and soldiers to patrol “criminal hotspots in Brussels” in order to create a “shock effect.”

In an interview with Le Soir published on Saturday, Francken, a member of the Flemish nationalist N-VA party, said he did not object to deploying troops, but insisted it must be legally justified and limited to essential security duties.

https://www.rt.com/news/626243-eu-capital-mulls-sending-army/