Heavily armed awol Belgian soldier flagged as threat in February

Jurgen Conings has not been seen since vanishing with submachine gun and missile launchers on 17 May

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The Belgian government is facing a crisis after it emerged that a heavily armed soldier who made threats to a high-profile virologist then went on the run was flagged as a serious threat" by the security services three months before he went awol.