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Unions Demand Safety Guarantees After Social Worker Killed in Ghent

Belgian trade unions are calling for stronger safety measures for public service workers after a 56-year-old social worker was fatally stabbed...

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The alarm was ringed this Wednesday by his colleague who did not see him coming back from his tour. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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In Ghent, a care worker was violently killed during a home visit in the Nieuw Gent neighborhood. This was reported by Het Nieuwsblad, and the public prosecutor's office confirmed it to VRT NWS. According to our information, the victim was a Public Centre for Social Welfare (PCSW) employee. The resident of the apartment has been arrested and is being questioned.

·Antwerp, Belgium
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The social workers are not the ones who make the decisions," says Sébastien Lepoivre, president of the Brussels CPAS Federation, after the death of a social worker in Ghent, stabbed during a home visit. "What we tend to forget is that these workers do not decide. They investigate the files, testify under oath to objectified situations, defend the interventions adapted to the regulations and personal situations. But they are not the ones who sett…

A 56-year-old aid worker was violently killed Wednesday evening during a home visit in Nieuw Gent. This social housing district has been struggling for some time...

·Antwerp, Belgium
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vrt broke the news in Antwerp, Belgium on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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