
Police hunt for man who had rocket launcher and threatened Belgium's top virologist
CNN
Authorities in Belgium are still hunting for a far-right extremist who had threatened one of the country's top doctors and had a rocket launcher in his car.
The man, identified by police as 46-year-old former soldier Jurgen Conings, was last seen after leaving for work on Monday. Officers describe him as being 1.80 meters (5 feet 11 inches) tall, with a muscular build. An initial investigation found that he could be a threat to certain institutions or people, the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office said in a Wednesday statement.
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