Murder_of_Karel_Van_Noppen
Murder of Karel Van Noppen
Assassination of government livestock inspector
The murder of Karel Van Noppen was a high-profile assassination of a government livestock inspector in Belgium in 1995. Van Noppen had been investigating illegal practices by farmers and businessmen in Belgium and was shot dead by assailants outside his house in the village of Wechelderzande in the province of Antwerp. A number of people connected with the illegal supply of growth hormones were sentenced in connection with the murder.