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Police chiefs in Belgium have reportedly launched an investigation after claims that policewomen and soldiers held an orgy while Brussels was on lockdown in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
Two policewomen and eight soldiers allegedly engaged in a sex party at a police station in the Ganshoren neighbourhood of Brussels while the city was in a state of emergency last month.
The raising of the threat level to its highest in the capital city resulted in schools, universities, museums, the Metro system, shops, restaurants and bars all being shut.
The lockdown was imposed while police and soldiers in the city hunted terrorists who were believed to have been involved with the attacks in Paris.
According to Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure, soldiers had been sleeping in the police station for the fortnight while the city was on knife-edge in anticipation of a potential terrorist attack.
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Johan Beerckmans, a police spokesman, told the newspaper: “The military actually slept in the police station for two weeks.
“A stage was built to accommodate them.
“When they left, they organised a small part to thank the police in the area.
“We opened an investigation to find out what exactly happened.”
A defence spokesman added: “This is not a disciplinary investigation.
“It seeks instead, for now, to learn more about what really happened… So far no complaint has been reported [to] us.
“Outside of those hours, soldiers are free to do what they want from the moment it is in a private place.”
Mr Beerckmans told Dutch newspaper De Standaard that 15 to 20 soldiers had slept overnight in Ganshoren’s police station, near Molenbeek – the municipality where anti-terror raids took place during the lockdown.
At the time of the state of emergency, Brussels’ mayor accused the Belgian government of creating an “Islamic state” by its strict shutting down of most of the city.
“We cannot continue to live in these conditions. We will not live under the Islamic regime,” Yvan Mayeur said.
“This is to say that if schools are closed, if we banned the cultivation, if we banned the practice of commerce, if we [do not allow] people to live, to have fun, to relax. If it prohibits all, under what system do we live?”
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