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Wife and 6-Year-Old Child of Ukrainian Soldier Killed in Belgium

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Wife and 6-Year-Old Child of Ukrainian Soldier Killed in Belgium
Illustrative photo: Police conduct vehicle checks during Interior Minister’s visit in Antwerp, February 18, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)

A Ukrainian woman and her 6-year-old daughter were found dead in a house fire in the Belgian town of Haasrode on the morning of June 6.

According to local media reports, both victims sustained multiple stab wounds before the house was set on fire.

The incident occurred in a building formerly owned by a local priest, which is now managed by the municipality and rented to Ukrainian refugees.

Firefighters responding to the blaze discovered the body of the 46-year-old woman, identified as Liliia, and her daughter, Anna. Emergency responders attempted to resuscitate the child, but she later died from her injuries.

Preliminary findings suggest that the fire was intentionally set. The public prosecutor’s office in Leuven has opened an investigation into a double homicide.

According to Belgian media, the family had lived in the country for three years. Liliya had taken guardianship of a 16-year-old boy, who was at school at the time of the fire. Her husband, and the father of the deceased child, is currently serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Local officials and community members have not released further details, pending the results of the ongoing investigation.

Earlier, a German couple was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 27-year-old Ukrainian refugee and her mother in order to abduct the woman’s infant daughter. The victims were lured through a Telegram group, drugged, and killed in March 2024. The baby was later found and returned to Ukraine.

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