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One person dead in gang shootout in Belgium

Xinhua, August 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

A shootout involving members of the motorcycle gang "Hells Angels" erupted Saturday night at a wedding in southern Belgium, killing one person and injuring another, according to local media reports.

About 60 members of the Hells Angels were celebrating with the bride and groom in Jemeppe-sur-Sambre,a Walloon municipality in the Belgian province of Namur, when the shooting broke out.

A man died after being hit twice by bullet, including one in the head. Another was wounded in the thigh and has been taken to hospital, according to Belgian broadcaster RTL.

Prosecutors in Namur rushed to the site on early Sunday morning and the case is now under investigation.

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is a motorcycle club whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Endit