"An individual carrying a rucksack and an explosive belt in Central Station has been shot dead," DH quoted the prosecutor as saying. Combat troops have been a fixture of major public buildings in Brussels since the Paris attacks. Het Laatste Nieuws tabloid newspaper quoted what it said were witnesses saying a man shouted "Allahu Akbar" in Arabic before a small explosion. The police spokesman said: "There was an incident at Central Station. "At the moment, the police are in numbers at the station and everything is under control."

Source: bd News24 June 20, 2017 20:15 UTC