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| Major armed police operation in Brussels as officers ‘block gunmen in building' | |||
| 2018-02-22 | |||
| [RT] Armed police and a helicopter have been deployed to a house in Brussels. At least one armed man is believed to be inside, according to local media. The incident is taking place near a primary school in the municipality of Forest, on Rue Jean-Baptiste Vanpe. The school is attended by approximately 350 pupils, and the children have been taken inside as a safety precaution. The mayor of Forest, Marc-Jean Ghyssels, has also confirmed the police operation, citing "suspicion of the presence of armed men," RTBF reported. A security perimeter has been established, with a witness telling RTL Info that police have ordered residents of the neighborhood to stay inside their homes. Armed police and snipers have been deployed to the scene. Police helicopters are also flying above the area. Local media reported in August that Belgian prosecutors had opened an average of more than 20 probes per month against people suspected of terrorism-related offenses since the start of 2017, many of whom were thought to be "homegrown" extremists.
But a police spokeswoman denied media reports that an armed gunman was hiding in the area, saying the heavily armed units were responding to reports of a possible murder. She said the special units of the federal police had been deployed in a major security operation after a Polish man reported that someone had been murdered in the morning. 'They are searching the buildings but we can say there has not been any terrorist attack,' she said.
When police arrived at the address, they found nothing. 'It seems he may have expressed himself badly,' Calie said. But witnesses there said that an incident had happened at a nearby building and they reported seeing an armed man, so officers from Belgium's special federal police force were called in, she said. 'We can rule out terrorism,' Calie said.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 You mean, like Syria? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-02-22 16:01 |
| #2 no one besides the government has one Someday we'll be reading articles about one classified band of government-paid gunmen shooting it out with a different classified band of government-paid gunmen. You read it here, first. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-02-22 13:18 |
| #1 Fake news. They have strict gun control laws over there and no one besides the government has one. /sarc |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-02-22 10:29 |