Terrorism remains a real threat and good care for victims remains an inescapable necessity that cannot be improvised. This is what victims’ association Life4Brussels said in response to the terrorist act in Brussels, which claimed the lives of two people on Monday.
The attack that killed two Swedish citizens in the center of Brussels on Monday evening was the ninth attack in Belgium in eleven years, according to the organization, with more than 630 victims. “This latest terrorist attack raises legitimate concerns about the situation of victims of terrorist attacks in Belgium,” said Jamila Adda, president of Life4Brussels.
Life4Brussels is particularly critical of the current legislative framework, which according to it is based on insurance logic. The association regrets the fact that this “does not guarantee adequate care and full compensation for victims”. “In this sense, all the modi operandi chosen by the perpetrators of these acts of terror do not allow victims to have recourse to an insurance company,” she explains. For example, an attack with a firearm in the middle of the street is not a priori covered by mandatory insurance.
The victims’ organization also regrets that, in the event of coverage, victims have to deal with a multitude of contacts (insurance companies, the Commission for Financial Assistance to Victims of Intentional Acts of Violence, the Federal Pension Service, etc.) that “make them relive the trauma over and over again.”
That is why Life4Brussels has been advocating for the establishment of a compensation fund for eight years, following the example of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into the terrorist attack.
This article is originally published on bruzz.be
