The facts go back to the night of 12 to 13 June. The victim returned home after a night out. "In the area of the Beurs he was insulted and next he was beaten", explains the victim's lawyer Sven Mary. "They even tried to strangle him."

The victim was in panic and when he managed to escape, he ran to a nearby pita bar where there were some people. However, he was thrown on the floor in the bar, kicked and beaten with a chair. "The police arrived quickly and told my client that he had been very lucky."

One suspect was apprehended. The number of reports of this kind of attacks in Brussels is increasing. The offenders are mostly young immigrants.