Polish MEP shares photo of attack on car in Brussels
A car belonging to Polish MEP Waldemar Buda was shot at with an air rifle in Brussels on Monday. Buda was not in the car when it happened but believes it was a deliberate attack against him. He shared a photo of his car on X. The police and the public prosecutor's office have not yet confirmed the incident.
Buda reported the attack on social media on Monday afternoon. “They shot the entire side of my car with an air rifle. Brussels barbarism!” he wrote. The photo accompanying the post shows the cracked window of his car's side door.
“There were nine precision shots. I was not in the car at the time of the attack, and only my car was shot at. It looks like a deliberate attack,” he wrote in a second post on X. “The Belgian security services are looking into it. Thank you for the many expressions of support.”
For the time being, it is unclear whether the attack had a political motive or whether it was an act of vandalism. Neither the Brussels police nor the Brussels public prosecutor's office can confirm at this stage that they have opened an investigation, but police are expected to communicate on this later. It is also not yet clear where exactly the incident took place.
Buda is a member of the right-wing conservative Law and Justice party and was a minister in the previous Polish government. Since July 2024, he has been a member of the European Parliament for the European Conservatives and Reformists group.
Polish MEP Waldemar Buda © PHOTO HANS LUCAS COLLECTION
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