The public prosecutor of Charleroi said on Wednesday at a press briefing that the small Orpheus, 2 years old, was drowned and the other two children were the victims of injuries with a knife to the neck. Julie L., the mother of the family, killed two of her three children as of late Tuesday afternoon at the family home in the street of the Ball Game to Hantes-Wihéries (Erquelinnes). The state of health of Julie L. is considered to be satisfactory. The autopsy of the bodies of the two children will be held on Wednesday evening.

A double infanticide was committed on Tuesday at the end of the day, at the street Ball Game at Hantes-Wihéries (Erquelinnes). Julie L., mother of three children, killed two of her children, aged 2 and 7 years old. A third child aged 9 years, who was in a critical condition, was injured by a bladed weapon. According to the public prosecutor, the thesis of the drowning and the use of a weapon, white is preferred. "The little Orpheus was drowned and the other two children were injured by stab in the neck," said Sandrine Minnow, attorney, division of Charleroi.