Body discovered after search for Belgian far-right soldier

Initial evidence indicates body found in woods is that of Jurgen Conings

Belgian police have said a body has been found in the search for a fugitive far-right soldier who was the target of a huge manhunt.

Hundreds of security forces scoured a swath of north-east Belgium after the disappearance on 17 May of Jurgen Conings, who was on an anti-terrorism watchlist, had threatened a senior virologist involved in the country's Covid-19 programme and had hoarded heavy weaponry.