Incident in Leuven: Search underway for missing young man in vielsalm lake

Lailuma Sadid

Leuven(The Brussels morning Newspaper): A young man from Leuven fell into a lake in Vielsalm around 4 a.m. during a scout leaders’ after-camp. Despite extensive searches he remains missing prompting emergency teams to assist with specialized equipment.

During the “after-camp,” when scout leaders stay back at the campsite after the scouts leave incident happened. On 22 July around 4 a.m., a person from Leuven was walking by the lake of Vielsalm and he fell into the water by accident. This time is usually for leaders to relax and think about the camp but this turned into a scary situation for everyone there. They searched right away but they couldn’t find the person from Leuven after he fell into the lake. Everyone including the leaders and local police looked everywhere around the peaceful Vielsalm area.Police mentiones that this event has really shocked the scout group showing that unexpected dangers can happen even during normal activities.

Will emergency teams find the missing young man from Leuven in vielsalm lake?

Emergency teams are looking for the young person from Leuven who went missing after falling into the lake at Vielsalm. They have been searching a lot but they haven’t found any sign of him yet. Jan Van Reusel who speaks for the Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen said he knows about what happened. The organization sent two of its members to help out at the place where it happened. These people are there to support the other scout leaders and participants. They are giving comfort during this sad time and are waiting hopefully for any good news about the search.

In the morning a special team will come with a boat that has special technology to find things underwater. This boat will help locate and help with any objects or people that might be under the water. The special equipment on the boat can scan and detect things underwater which is important for rescue operations. This extra help is meant to make the emergency response efforts better and faster.

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Lailuma Sadid is a former diplomat in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Embassy to the kingdom of Belgium, in charge of NATO. She attended the NATO Training courses and speakers for the events at NATO H-Q in Brussels, and also in Nederland, Germany, Estonia, and Azerbaijan. Sadid has is a former Political Reporter for Pajhwok News Agency, covering the London, Conference in 2006 and Lisbon summit in 2010.
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