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Manhunt launched for anti-lockdown sniper who threatened virologist

Belgian police have launched a manhunt for Corporal Jurgen Conings, a heavily-armed soldier who threatened…

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Corporal Jurgen Conings has reportedly gone into hiding in a forest near Limburg, Belgium.

Belgian police have launched a manhunt for a heavily armed soldier who threatened a virologist supportive of COVID-19 vaccines and restrictions.

Corporal Jurgen Conings, 46 — dubbed the “Rambo” of anti-vaxxers by local media — allegedly swiped four missile launchers, a machine gun and a pistol from his barracks near Limburg on Monday and went into hiding in a nearby forest, according to the Guardian.

Conings — a trained sniper who served in Afghanistan — reportedly a left suicide note to his family fuming that he “could no longer live in a society where politicians and virologists have taken everything away from us,” the outlet reported.

Members of the Belgian police and army personnel are seen near the entrance of National Park Hoge Kempen in Maasmechelen, Belgium, while scouring to capture Jurgen Conings. — Members of the Belgian police and army personnel are seen near the entrance of National Park Hoge Kempen in Maasmechelen, Belgium, while trying to capture Jurgen Conings.

Over 250 special force troops were reportedly deployed to the National Park Hoge Kempen in Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium in the search for Corporal Jurgen Conings. — Over 250 special forces troops were reportedly deployed to the National Park Hoge Kempen in Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium, in the search for Corporal Jurgen Conings.

Another note reportedly declared that he “would join the resistance and would not surrender.”

The unhinged soldier had recently threatened and staked out the home of Belgian scientist Marc Van Ranst, who led the country’s coronavirus response to the pandemic, the virologist has said.

Van Ranst was forced into hiding after the incident and Conings was placed on desk duty earlier this year after tweeting, “Who has Van Ranst’s address?,” according to the Guardian.

Corporal Jurgen Conings, 46, has been dubbed the “Rambo” of anti-vaxxers by local Belgian media.

More than 250 special forces troops on Wednesday were deployed to the Hoge Kempen forest near the Dutch border with helicopters on standby to search for Conings, the Times of London reported.

Army sources this week called Conings “an extreme right-wing weapons nut who does not shy away from violence” and “an antivaxer who hates Van Ranst,” according to Het Laatste Nieuws.