Arrested for praying on the streets of Belgium, a man suffers sudden cardiac death

Arrested two weeks ago for praying on the streets of Belgium, a Muslim man died, Tuesday, after suffering sudden cardiac arrest, Sud Info and La Meuse reported.

«On October 19, an individual was arrested by the Liege police when he was praying in the middle of the Chaussée des Prés street in the Outremeuse district», wrote RTL Info on Wednesday.

The man in question was taken to the police station and he was then admitted to the St. Joseph’s Clinic for heart failure. «He suffered a heart attack at the police station due to substances he would have consumed», the same source added.

After spending ten days in the hospital, the man in question died, the newspaper reported. «Police are regularly confronted with people under the influence of drugs. It was not the fact of praying that was problematic but the fact that he was doing it in the middle of the street, which is why locals called the police», explained the Liège police .