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Update: Belgium government startled by peoples support world wide of Belgium Rambos' "who's still on the lose" fight against vax
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Belgium's defence minister on Tuesday expressed concern over online support, especially from military personnel, for a renegade soldier on the run after stealing weapons and threatening public figures.
The authorities have been hunting for Jurgen Conings, 46, for a week in a forested region close to the border with the Netherlands since finding his car abandoned with four rocket launchers inside, taken from an army base.
Officials have said the weapons instructor -- dubbed the "Belgian Rambo" by the media -- was on a watch list for his far-right views and left a message containing threats against figures including a prominent virus expert.
Facebook on Tuesday said it had shut down a page supporting Conings, which had garnered 45,000 members in just a few days, for violating the company's "dangerous individuals and organisations policy".
"Content, groups and pages that praise or support terrorists, such as Jurgen Conings, are not allowed on Facebook," a company spokesperson said.
Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder decried the online backing for the fugitive -- condemning in particular support coming from within the armed forces.
"Supporting this man is supporting a man who threatens to wound and kill innocents," she told a press conference.
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