The World - News from Nov. 10, 1985

Three masked gunmen “shooting in all directions” killed seven people and wounded three critically in a supermarket robbery in Aalst, Belgium, before escaping from police, officers and witnesses said. Two children were among the dead, and four others were slightly injured. “The robbery was a massacre,” a witness said after the attack about 15 miles west of Brussels. One of the gunmen dragged a small safe outside to their getaway car, then all three jumped inside and escaped while firing at police. The market had been under surveillance because of shootings at other branches in the chain.