Around 11 p.m., his team tried to control a suspicious vehicle, probably a go fast Carrying drugs, on the Belgian road network. The driver flees, crosses the border and rushes to the departmental 14. At 11:30 p.m., the fugitives abandon their car near the descent of the Saint-Michel and run away on foot. Leaving the vehicle to continue one of them, Guillaume Kip is struck hard by a car arriving in the opposite direction. One of the fugitives also dies, also struck. Rescuers can only note the two deaths.
A Belgian police officer loses his life in France after a chase
“He was a deeply devoted person”
For Michel Orban, a stepfather of the victim and former alderman in Tenneville, Guillaume was a bit of adventure. This way of life, he made it his job: “He had just spent five or seven years in the police, after ten years in the army, with missions in Lebanon and Afghanistan. He was a very sympathetic, courageous, manual and worker boy, he liked to invest. In his village in thisTuru (Houffalize), he participated in the big fire and all the local festivities. He lived every commitment.”
Father of two children aged 8 and 4, Guillaume had then left the army to get closer to his family: “Going for four months on a mission without knowing if you come back, it was no longer compatible with family life. He took the courses of the police academy, joined the federal police and settled in Warisy with my daughter, Mélina.”
Passionate sportsman, he took advantage of the slightest free moment to run, often with his partner Mélina, despite a harassing schedule: “Morning, afternoon, night: he chained the services. Sometimes twenty hours in a row; he had to wait for the judge’s instructions after each arrest. It was not always easy, but he never complained.”
A family united in the event
Warned in the middle of the night by the police, the family tightens their elbows: “My daughter receives friends, we are with her on the spot, just like my son. Guillaume’s parents too. We are all together, very united. Messages of support are flocking: Guillaume was so appreciated.”
Guillaume’s body must be autopsied in France Thursday or Friday before being repatriated to Belgium: “We are in the unknown; the social service of the police will keep us informed.”
To pain is added a feeling of helplessness in the face of drug trafficking: “It is a failure for the police and for our family. Banditry becomes common, the drug trafficking gangrene everything. We have been allowed too long? Today we are trying to rectify, but for Guillaume, it is too late … But two children must now grow without their father. We will help Mélina and our grandchildren as best we can.”, ” assure Michel Orban.
“Defense forgets that the actions of the officers cost a child’s life”, the parents of little Fabian are indignant at the attitude of the police officers
A stream of tributes
Police areas from all over the country, but also simple citizens, already salute “an exemplary person and colleague”. On X, Interior Minister Bernard Quintin paid tribute to the young police officer.
At the same time, the Belgian and French authorities launched a joint investigation to determine the exact causes of the deadly collision. The Thionville prosecution confirmed, this Wednesday, the presence of narcotics in this case: “The authors would have got rid of narcotic products during the prosecution, in Belgian territory. These narcotic products were apprehended by the Belgian police and given to French investigators”.
