VIDEO. Minors with rental car films chase by police in Antwerp city center (Antwerp)
The Antwerp police have been able to arrest four minors, aged 14 and 16, in a rental car after a dangerous chase. The minors filmed their flight from the police and posted the images on TikTok. The images show how they drive through the Antwerp city center at high speed. “With these actions, the driver also endangered bystanders,” said police spokesman Wouter Bruyns.
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On Wednesday, January 26, the police received a report about a suspicious rental car on the Left Bank. “The car can be stopped by one of our teams and summoned”, says police spokesman Wouter Bruyns. “The driver did not comply with the orders of the Rapid Response Team (SRT), among others, and started a pursuit. The one in the Cellebroerdersstraat in the city center.”
During the chase, the occupants started filming the chase and posting it on TikTok. The images show how the driver of the car drives through the Antwerp city center at high speed and avoids various traffic violations. “With these actions, the driver also endangered bystanders,” Bruyns continues. “Several pedestrians and cyclists had just not been hit by the fleeing car.”
At one point, the driver stuck to concrete blocks. The four occupants make a run for it. “The SRT was able to arrest three of the four suspects fairly quickly. The suspect has also been identified. They are all minors and between 14 and 16 years old. They have been invited for questioning,” said Bruyns. The car was also impounded.