Belgian police hunting fugitive far-right soldier find body

Belgian military ride in a convoy at the entrance of the National Park Hoge Kempen during a manhunt for an armed soldier in Maasmechelen, Belgium (Francisco Seco/AP)

Belgian police say the body of a fugitive far-right soldier who was the target of a huge manhunt appears to have been found.

Hundreds of security forces scoured parts of northeast Belgium after the May 17 disappearance of Jurgen Conings, who was on an anti-terrorism watch list, had threatened a top virologist involved in the country’s Covid-19 programme and had hoarded heavy weaponry.