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 had been reported.
Safety digicam footage from exterior the station confirmed two masked males holding what seem like Kalashnikov rifles, strolling round on the sidewalk and firing indiscriminately but in addition ignoring a number of individuals passing by.
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 — had been closed to the general public Wednesday as legislation enforcement officers investigated the incident, public transit authorities introduced.