Man's body pulled from water in Ostend: “Investigation into circumstances is ongoing”

A man's body was pulled out at the Spuikom in Ostend on Saturday afternoon, the federal police confirm. According to our information, this concerns a person in his forties from Brussels. “The exact circumstances are being investigated,” the federal police said.

In Ostend, a body was removed from the water by the Federal Shipping Police and the fire department on Saturday evening. In addition, there was also a large-scale search for a missing man, but it turned out that he was just sitting on the beach.