Firebomb was intended for drill rapper | Antwerp
Doornethe homemade firebomb who was thrown at a house in the Van Dornestraat in Deurne last week, had nothing to do with the drug environment. The young man who was targeted is active as a drill rapper. The police arrested a suspect, but he was released after questioning.
The young man who lives in the targeted house in the Van Dornestraat prefers not to respond. He lets the police do their job. In his environment it can be heard that the 18-year-old guy is very active in the Antwerp environment of drill rappers. The night before the firebombing attack, a rap video with a warning had already been circulated on social media.
The Antwerp local police keeps their finger on the pulse and also closely follows social media such as Tiktok and Youtube. Last weekend a search was conducted and a suspicion about his attack with the firebomb attack was carried out. This boy is also in the drillrap environment. The Antwerp public prosecutor’s office, the young man has not been brought before the court, but states that the young man has not been brought before the court. He was not allowed to question.
Score points
It phenomenon ‘drill rap’ has been keeping the Antwerp police and the public prosecutor’s office busy for months. Drillrap was founded in 2010 in the neighborhoods of Chicago. It came from the Netherlands to Belgium. The music is very similar to rap, except the lyrics are often insults or threats to a rival group.
The groups challenge each other in films that also include brandishing weapons. Drill rappers seek each other out and keep a point score. Any fight, stab or insult in public pays off. In the Netherlands, such confrontations have already degenerated into massacres.
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