World Scene: Belgium

Man arrested for 1 missing shoe

Police say a one-legged suspect was caught after only one shoe went missing in a store in Belgium.

An amputee was an immediate suspect when a store attendant found one shoe missing from a shop in the western Belgian town of Maldegem. Police spokesman Rik Decraemer said on Monday authorities were alerted and quickly found the man who fit the description by shopkeepers. The shoe was also recovered.