By Matthieu Demeestere Charleroi, Belgium -- Belgium on Tuesday opens a memorial garden on the site where notorious serial killer
Charleroi, Belgium — Belgium on Tuesday opens a memorial garden on the site where notorious serial killer Marc Dutroux imprisoned his young victims, more than a quarter of a century after his crimes shocked Europe.
“What the memorial will represent is not death, it’s life,” said lead architect Georgios Millis told AFP. The modest red-brick building in the Marcinelle suburb of Charleroi became infamous when in August 1996 Dutroux led police to two kidnapped teen girls, aged 14 and 12, cowering in the basement.
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