Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 August 1996

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

51 railway wagons carrying sulfur, fertilizer, petrol and cotton wool broke loose from their siding at Abu Muslim Station and rolled down the track for about 20 kilometres until they derailed and rolled down an embankment. During the cleanup operation the cargo of the wagons exploded.
(18 February 2004)

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Friday 9th of August 1996

28 years ago

Laetitia Delhez is abducted and held imprisoned by kidnapper, serial killer and child molester Marc Dutroux at the age of 15 in Centre Sportif Communal, Rue du Culot 44, Bertrix, Luxembourg, Belgium.

An eyewitness observed Dutroux's van and was able to identify part of the license plate. On 13 August Dutroux, his wife Michelle Martin and accomplice Michel Lelièvre were arrested. Two days later Dutroux led the police to the basement dungeon in his house where Delhez and 12-year-old Sabine Dardenne were imprisoned,