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‘Every big city has its dangers’: Bloc MP Savard-Tremblay recounts getting mugged in Brussels

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'In Brussels for the NATO parliamentary assembly meeting,' posted Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay with this photo on his Instagram last week. Days later, he shared how he was mugged during the trip.Photograph courtesy of Instagram

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

February 25, 2026

Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay is cautioning that anyone can be a target for violence as he shared his recent experience of getting mugged and pepper-sprayed in a touristy area of Brussels.

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