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| Brussels train station evacuated amid unverified reports of explosions and one man shot as soldiers swoop on city centre | ||
| 2017-06-20 | ||
| [TheSun] BELGIAN police have reportedly shot a suspect wearing an “explosive belt” at Brussels central train station. Troops swarmed the city centre terminal after unverified reports of a blast inside before the man was “neutralised”. Police tweeted to say the "incident involving an individual" was under control and there were no other casualties. Dozens of police cars could be seen outside the station tonight as passengers are reported to have fled "in panic". Passengers reported being evacuated from the station and were told to wait in a nearby restaurant. Broadcaster RTL quoted Fires Services spokesman Pierre Meys confirming that some kind of an explosion had happened in the city's Central station on Tuesday. Meys could not say what had caused the blast but could only confirm that firefighters were at the scene. The Belgian capital's Grand Place, a major tourist site filled with restaurants and shops, was evacuated along with the station about 200m (656 feet) away.
The attacker was "shot several times" and it appears that "he triggered a device", according to a source. Police sources said the attacker was seriously injured in the blast, and subsequently died from his wounds. Nicolas Van Herrewegen, a railway sorting agent, told reporters: "I was behind a wall when it exploded. "I went down and alerted my colleagues to evacuate everyone. He (the suspect) was still around but after that we didn't see him." He added: "It wasn't exactly a big explosion but the impact was pretty big. People were running away." He described the suspect as well-built and tanned with short hair, wearing a white shirt and jeans. The witness said: "I saw that he had something on him because I could see wires emerging, so it may have been a suicide vest." Officers have confirmed that no one else was injured or killed in the explosion.
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| Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
| #3 We'll always have Brussels |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2017-06-20 22:12 |
| #2 He was trying to clear his throat of all the fire. Yelling to God for help, just look at the poor man burning in the pictures! /s |
| Posted by: Charles 2017-06-20 21:07 |
| #1 multiple witnesses and sources claimed that the perpetrator shouted "Allahu Akhbar". Sadly, we'll never know his true motivations |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-06-20 19:09 |