Photo 'vital lead' in Belgian murder spree case
Authorities experience released a fresh picture of a man which could be key to solving one of Belgium's most notorious crimes.
The unidentified man is a "vital lead" in the investigation in to the so-called Crazy Brabant Killers gang, police have said.
The group murdered 28 people, including children, during robberies and raids between 1982 and 1985.
Police are actually appealing for information to recognize the man, who is seen posing with a go gun in a wooded area.
The gang was named following the province in Belgium where these were most active, targeting jewellers, bars and hostels and supermarkets, the BBC's Gavin Lee reports.
The group is thought to have comprised of three men who covered themselves in face paint during the raids and became known because of their violent and merciless attacks, shooting dead staff, customers and children through the robberies. A number of the victims had been tortured before getting killed.
The men, who were never identified, became known by nicknames as the Giant, the Killer and the Old Man.
The Belgium Federal Prosecutor's Office began to reinvestigate the decades old case in 2018, and officials say there have been several significant leads and developments since that time, as a result of advances in DNA identification techniques and forensic technology.
In the past two years, police have been through thousands of documents linked to the original case, completed a lot more than 1,200 DNA tests, and also have identified around 3,000 "persons of interest" they are looking to speak to.
The unidentified man in the photograph - used 1982 - is reported to be a "vital lead in the event".
There have been multiple conspiracy theories and rumors in cases like this over the years and police say there were a small number of folks in the past, who've come onward, falsely claiming to have already been mixed up in crimes.
