History and society Investigations and reports
La mécanique du crime
2024
What do major criminal cases say about Belgian society? RTBF is investigating.
History and society | Investigations and reports
Episode 1
77 min
Five women thrown into the deep end
March 1997 One macabre discovery follows another in the heart of Mons: the remains of five women, cut into pieces and abandoned in bin bags, are identified. This raises the question: have the police neglected the investigation? A look back at one of Belgium's most important criminal cases.
Episode 2
82 min
I killed my children
Nivelles, 28 February 2007. Geneviève Lhermitte killed her five children, aged between 3 and 14, and attempted suicide. The case touches on an absolute taboo: a mother does not kill her children. Through archives and never-before-seen eyewitness accounts, we look back at a case that shook Belgium to its core.
Episode 3
69 min
So that this never happens again
Liège, 13 December 2011. A man sowed terror in Place Saint-Lambert, killing six people and injuring one hundred and twenty-five others, before committing suicide. How was Nordine Amrani, who was on parole, able to rearm himself and carry out his act? The State is guilty for the families of the victims.
What do major criminal cases say about Belgian society? RTBF is investigating.
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