Body found of armed Belgian anti-vaccine fugitive, suicide suspected

Belgian army members arrive in armoured vehicles at National Park Hoge Kempen while scouring to capture Belgian Jurgen Conings, a soldier who disappeared after threatening a virologist supportive of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and coronavirus restrictions, in Maasmechelen, Belgium May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police found the body on Sunday of a fugitive soldier who went missing a month ago with a stash of weapons after threatening a virologist and his family, the Belgian federal prosecutors' office said.

"The cause of death is probably, according to initial findings, attributable to suicide by firearm, but this cause will have to be established during a future forensic examination," the office said in a statement.