Brussels Central Station: Soldiers shoot suspected bomber dead after reports of explosion

Belgian troops have shot dead a suspected suicide bomber after reports of an explosion at Brussels Central Station.

Officials said no-one was injured in the explosion and the situation was “under control” after people were evacuated.

“There was an explosion around a person,” a police spokesman said.

“That person was neutralised by the soldiers that were on the scene.

Prosecutor’s spokeswoman Ine Van Wymersch said medics were unable to attend to him for several hours out of fear he could be carrying explosives, but officials confirmed his death once a bomb squad had finished its work.

Belgian federal prosecutors said the incident was being treated as a terrorist attack.

“At about 8:30pm there was an explosion in the Central Station, relatively small in size,” federal prosecutors spokesman Eric Van der Sypt said.

Prosecutor’s spokeswoman Ine Van Wymersch said medics were unable to attend to him for several hours out of fear he could be carrying explosives, but officials confirmed his death once a bomb squad had finished its work.

Belgian federal prosecutors said the incident was being treated as a terrorist attack.

Source: Brussels Central Station: Soldiers shoot suspected bomber dead after reports of explosion – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)