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> Sweden to (Greece, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands) have similar immigration patterns without the same violent crime rates. You haven't gone to Brussels I supp

> Sweden to (Greece, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands) have similar immigration patterns without the same violent crime rates. You haven't gone to Brussels I suppose... Especially Molenbeek or Station Zuid. Ps. I'm from Belgium

woodruffw 3y ago
> You haven't gone to Brussels I suppose... Especially Molenbeek or Station Zuid. I go to Brussels at least once a year. Again with the obliqueness: is there something specific you want to say? Is the implication that your national police force is suppressing the "real" murder rate?
- NicoJuicy 3y ago
  Criminality isn't just murder rates https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/07/27/station-brussel-zuid-kampt-met-toenemende-criminaliteit/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/07/27/station-brussel-zuid...
fullspectrumdev 3y ago
I stay in that area with friends whenever I visit. It’s completely fine.
- NicoJuicy 3y ago
  Male and walking in the day+ not alone? - A friend of mine had an escort picking her up at the station from her work. - My mom + a friend of her felt threatened by a non-native, when taking the train back from the airport. These are retired women and my mom's friend travels 3 x a year everywhere. She felt the most unsafe here in Brussels and not taking the train again. ( This was after Operation "cleanup") - Operation cleanup in Brussels South - ( https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/08/29/brussels-south-two-days-after-the-major-police-operation-first/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/08/29/brussels-south-two-d... ) which resulted in 56 arrests and some people on a wanted list ( https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/08/28/56-arrested-in-police-operation-around-brussels-south-station/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/08/28/56-arrested-in-polic... ). Note: this was a criminal cleanup that was mentioned on the media upfront - 5 younger kids from Brussels raped an ex in Malta ( news update from 16/11/2023) https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/11/16/belgische-jongeren-vrij-op-borg-in-malta-verkrachting/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/11/16/belgische-jongeren-v... - News from 2 days ago ( 18/11/2023) The most popular bars ( Delirium, you've probably went ) where 2 female tourists got drugged and raped https://www.hln.be/brussel/elke-keer-ik-wakker-werd-was-mijn-shirt-opgetrokken-of-mijn-broek-opengeritst-margot-22-werd-gedrogeerd-tijdens-avondje-uit-in-brussel~ad5a4909/ https://www.hln.be/brussel/elke-keer-ik-wakker-werd-was-mijn... Plenty of other examples. Including from people living there or lived there. https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/03/01/molenbeek-police-station-attacked-with-molotov-cocktails/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/03/01/molenbeek-police-sta... Or... it's a coincidence that Abdeslam was from Molenbeek? :) Sure

woodruffw 3y ago

> You haven't gone to Brussels I suppose... Especially Molenbeek or Station Zuid. I go to Brussels at least once a year. Again with the obliqueness: is there something specific you want to say? Is the implication that your national police force is suppressing the "real" murder rate?

NicoJuicy 3y ago
Criminality isn't just murder rates https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/07/27/station-brussel-zuid-kampt-met-toenemende-criminaliteit/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/07/27/station-brussel-zuid...

fullspectrumdev 3y ago

I stay in that area with friends whenever I visit. It’s completely fine.

NicoJuicy 3y ago
Male and walking in the day+ not alone? - A friend of mine had an escort picking her up at the station from her work. - My mom + a friend of her felt threatened by a non-native, when taking the train back from the airport. These are retired women and my mom's friend travels 3 x a year everywhere. She felt the most unsafe here in Brussels and not taking the train again. ( This was after Operation "cleanup") - Operation cleanup in Brussels South - ( https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/08/29/brussels-south-two-days-after-the-major-police-operation-first/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/08/29/brussels-south-two-d... ) which resulted in 56 arrests and some people on a wanted list ( https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/08/28/56-arrested-in-police-operation-around-brussels-south-station/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2023/08/28/56-arrested-in-polic... ). Note: this was a criminal cleanup that was mentioned on the media upfront - 5 younger kids from Brussels raped an ex in Malta ( news update from 16/11/2023) https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/11/16/belgische-jongeren-vrij-op-borg-in-malta-verkrachting/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/11/16/belgische-jongeren-v... - News from 2 days ago ( 18/11/2023) The most popular bars ( Delirium, you've probably went ) where 2 female tourists got drugged and raped https://www.hln.be/brussel/elke-keer-ik-wakker-werd-was-mijn-shirt-opgetrokken-of-mijn-broek-opengeritst-margot-22-werd-gedrogeerd-tijdens-avondje-uit-in-brussel~ad5a4909/ https://www.hln.be/brussel/elke-keer-ik-wakker-werd-was-mijn... Plenty of other examples. Including from people living there or lived there. https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/03/01/molenbeek-police-station-attacked-with-molotov-cocktails/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/03/01/molenbeek-police-sta... Or... it's a coincidence that Abdeslam was from Molenbeek? :) Sure