Jürgen Conings is a 46-year-old professional soldier from Dilsen-Stokkem. His curriculum vitae shows that he is a sniper with experience in war zones. Since his recruitment in 1992, he has served on missions in Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan.

According to his colleagues at Defense, Conings was an "anti-vaxxer" with far-right sympathies. The soldier had also been monitored by the security services for some time. He was also on the OCAD list, a list of extremists who pose a potential danger to security.

Translated from HLN.