Deurne

There were 45,000 fans there in October 1957 — most of them standing on steep curved terraces – at the venue once known as “Hell of Deurne” when defending champion Real Madrid won 2-1 in a European Cup first-round, first-leg game.

There were 45,000 fans there in October 1957 - most of them standing on steep curved terraces – at the venue once known as “Hell of Deurne” when defending champion Real Madrid won 2-1 in a European Cup first-round, first-leg game.

Antwerp federal police carried out five searches in Merksem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek and Eupen on Monday night at the request of an investigating judge.

The two men, and two further suspects, aged 18 and 22, were arrested within 24 hours of the failed prison break when detectives found Gielen had used his own name when booking the helicopter at Deurne airport near Antwerp.

Deurne, a few miles east of Helmond, the site of a prehistoric burial-ground, was an early fen colony.