A manhunt is underway in Belgium’s capital after two masked gunmen opened hearth with rifles exterior a metro station early Wednesday morning, the general public prosecutor’s workplace stated.
The incident occurred close to the Clemenceau metro station within the Anderlecht district of southwest Brussels, the workplace stated. No accidents have been reported.
Security camera footage from exterior the station confirmed two masked males holding what seem like Kalashnikov rifles, strolling round on the sidewalk and firing indiscriminately but additionally ignoring a number of folks passing by. The 2 males seem to flee into the station.
Willemien Baert, a spokeswoman for the general public prosecutor’s workplace, stated in an announcement that the assault didn’t seem to have a “terrorist motive.” Investigators recovered a number of bullet casings, the prosecutor’s workplace stated.
Two metro stations — Clemenceau and Gare du Midi — have been closed to the general public for about 4 hours Wednesday as regulation enforcement officers investigated the incident, public transit authorities said.
