[As a reminder, the logistics group UPS (United Parcel Service) is the holder of the North American Department of Defense’s contract to transport packages around the world, and has been for decades (along with FedEx & Polar Air Cargo), making it, for example, the preferred logistician for military personnel at American NATO bases in Europe. It’s also one of the major companies currently donating to the Cop City project in Atlanta; and it’s also a zealous recruiter of US veterans and army reservists, whose “skills” and “values” UPS proudly claims to share in its promotional campaigns].
Fleurus: ten vans set on fire on a company site
Belga/DH, August 16, 2023 (excerpt)
On Tuesday evening, shortly after 11 p.m., firefighters from Jumet and Charleroi (Hainaut-Est zone) were mobilized in Fleurus, on Avenue de l’Espérance, in the zoning area. They were alerted to a van on fire near the hangar of a company [the UPS group’s subcontractor].
On arriving on the scene, firefighters were confronted with ten vans, all aflame. The loading bay was also affected. According to initial information gathered at the scene, an individual had set fire to one of the vans before fleeing, and the flames then spread to the other vehicles parked next to it.
Surveillance cameras at the scene revealed the presence of a suspect carrying a jerry can. “He has still not been identified, and this is not going to be easy at all, given that he was wearing a hoodie and we can only see his eyes,” said the Charleroi public prosecutor’s office in the early afternoon.
