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Belgium: Arrest warrant for suspect in deaths lifted

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The Namur investigating judge lifted on 6 November the arrest warrant against Djilali D., suspected of selling drugs to Bryan Brigou before his death and that of his son Tyméo. The investigation continues in Belgium, while the autopsy did not clearly establish the causes of death, according to Sudinfo.

The Namur investigating judge lifted on 6 November the arrest warrant against Djilali D., a 26-year-old Algerian national suspected of selling drugs to Bryan Brigou on the day he disappeared, his lawyer told Sudinfo, reports L'essentiel.

Djilali D. was arrested in Charleroi on 17 September and detained for "selling narcotics causing death". A link between the drug sale and the deaths of Bryan Brigou, 29, and his son Tyméo, 5, could not be established. The suspect remains detained in another case.

The bodies of Bryan Brigou and his son were discovered on 24 and 25 August in Onaye, two months after they disappeared. The autopsies did not clearly establish the causes of their deaths and the investigation is continuing.

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