Brussels bombing: Anti-terror police shoot suspect, as two fresh explosions are heard

Armed police yesterday shot a terror suspect at a Brussels tram station as they launched fresh raids in the Belgian capital in the wake of the suicide attacks last Tuesday.  Two explosions were heard at the start of the operation in the neighbourhood of Schaerbeek, north Brussels, after which local media reported that one man […]

Armed police yesterday shot a terror suspect at a Brussels tram station as they launched fresh raids in the Belgian capital in the wake of the suicide attacks last Tuesday.
 Two explosions were heard at the start of the operation in the neighbourhood of Schaerbeek, north Brussels, after which local media reported that one man had been ‘neutralised’.
 The operation on Friday afternoon has been linked to an attack plot in France that was foiled by authorities in Paris on Thursday night when one man was arrested, French police sources said.
 The Mayor of Schaerbeek, Bernard Clerfayt, later confirmed that ‘a person was intercepted by police and suffered a slight leg injury.’
 He added there had been several small explosions linked to bomb disposal work.
 The raid in Schaerbeek comes as six were arrested during police raids in Brussels in connection with the bomb attacks and a new terror plot.
    Explosives were found as police in Paris arrested Reda Kriket, who was ‘in the advanced stages’ of planning a new attack in France.
    The counter-terrorism raid in Brussels was linked to ISIS recruiter Kriket’s arrest. Two men were held in Germany suspected of being linked to the Brussels bombers.
 It is thought two unmarked cars pulled upside a house on a street just of the square, by the Meiser place tram stop. They are said to have fired two shots – one of which is understood to have blown open the door.
 A third explosion caused a moment of panic in the area, followed by the sound of sirens. There is speculation that one of the explosions may have been a stun grenade.
Source: Daily Mail