What is Alfred Gadenne?
[[File:Alfred Gadenne.jpg|thumb|Alfred Gadenne in 2008]] '''Alfred Gadenne''' (31 January [[1946]] in [[Luingne]] &ndash; 11 September [[2017]] in Luingne) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] politician. He was a member of the [[Centre démocrate humaniste]] and Mayor of [[Mouscron]] in [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]] from 2006 until his death in September 2017. Gadenne was found dead on 11 September 2017 at the age of 71 after having his throat slashed at a graveyard close to his home in Mouscron. Local news report a suspect had handed himself in to police.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-crime-mayor/belgian-mayors-throat-slashed-in-cemetery-shocking-country-idUSKCN1BM2Q6 Belgian mayor's throat slashed in cemetery, shocking country]</ref> The suspect is an 18 years inhabitant of Mouscron. He murdered Gadenne because his father (a fireman) had committed suicide after being fired by Gadenne. Gadenne was an alderman of Mouscron from 1982 to 2006. He was also a member of the [[Parliament of Wallonia]] and the [[Parliament of the French Community]] from 2009 to 2014. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gadenne, Alfred}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian mayors]] [[Category:Centre démocrate humaniste politicians]] [[Category:Murder victims]] [[Category:Parti social-chrétien politicians]] [[Category:People from Hainaut (province)]] [[Category:Walloon politicians]] {{bio-stub}}