has also been a source of discussion. According to some investigators, the quality of the images was too poor to be helpful. However, Belgian authorities denied this claim. In addition, CCTV cameras filmed the two suspects at a subway station following the murder. Those pictures were of excellent quality but were not released. CCTV footage from other sources was also released. These images were of a higher quality than the previous ones and police hoped that they would generate new tips from the general public. One of the perpetrators, a 16½-year-old from Poland, was arrested on 25 April 2006 or the day before. He was identified by his secondary school teachers. The other alleged perpetrator, also from Poland, had fled Belgium. The 17-year-old youth, the alleged murderer, was arrested in Suwałki, Poland, on 27 April. According to the VRT, both suspects were of Romani descent, which might explain why they had been thought to be of North African descent. The murderer, Adam G. was extradited in 2007. In September 2008, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Belgian authorities intended to have him serve at least half of his sentence in Poland, thus ensuring that he would have to serve at the very least 10 years because Polish criminal law demands that a convicted criminal must serve at least half of his sentence. Whereas under Belgian criminal law, only one third of the sentence needs to be served. Reactions The rarity and brutality of Van Holsbeeck's murder and the perceived long wait for any arrests produced a public outcry and reactions from a variety of public figures. Four days after the murder, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt contacted the family of the victim by letter, as did the Belgian Royal Family more than a week later. The erroneous belief that the perpetrators were North Africans affected most of the reactions before the eventual arrest, with , a Belgian Parliament deputy of North African ancestry, calling upon the immigrant community to help in the search for the culprits. Family members and friends of the victim specifically asked that the murder should not be used as propaganda by political parties. Many expressed concerns that the murder would increase support for the far right Vlaams Belang party. The incident was headline news for several days in most Belgian media. The murder was also mentioned by Cardinal Danneels, the former Metropolitan Archbishop