Brussels, Belgium is the site of yet another terror attack- but this time, disaster was averted by police, who shot the suspect after a bomb explosion occurred in a Brussels train station, according…
Brussels, Belgium is the site of yet another terror attack- but this time, disaster was averted by police, who shot the suspect after a bomb explosion occurred in a Brussels train station, according to NBC News. According to the Los Angeles Times, Belgian federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt stated that police do not know if the wounded suspect is dead or alive. The Brussels Central Station, a main train station in Belgium’s capitol city, was evacuated after the threat was assessed, which occurred around 9 p.m local time. Belgian federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt has stated
According to NBC News, witnesses stated that soldiers and armed police officers sealed off the entrances to the Brussels Central Station and surrounded it so that no one could get in or out. The Los Angeles Times reports the Belgium’s Crisis Center stated that there was no need to raise the terror threat in Belgium to the highest level. However, Brussels has remained on high alert since 32 people were killed in three coordinated suicide bombings just three months ago.
The suspect has not yet been identified. However, the Los Angeles Times reports that an employee of Belgium’s national rail company, Nicolas Van Herreweghen, stated that the suspect appeared to be a male between the ages of 30 and 35 and that he was shouting about jihadists before yelling “Allahu akbar, ” Arabic for “God is great, ” prior to blowing up items on a baggage trolley.
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