Belgian police search for gunmen in Brussels metro

Belgian police  search for gunmen in Brussels  metro
Police officers work at the Clemenceau metro  station after a shooting in Brussels,  Belgium, February 5,  2025. 

Belgian police are  searching for  a gunman after  shots were fired outside a metro station in  central Brussels.
CCTV footage  released by local media shows at least two  hooded men carrying  guns at the entrance  to the Clemenceau station in the Belgian capital on  Wednesday morning.
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Video from the scene shows an exchange of  gunfire around 06:15 local time (05:15  GMT).
Brussels police spokeswoman  Sarah Frederickx said the suspects fled the metro station and may still be in the metro  tunnels.
The spokeswoman said there were no injuries in the shooting.  Local police and federal railway police are searching the  area.
Police are looking for "a small group of people,  maybe two or three  individuals," Frederickx said, adding that they may  also be armed and that police  were not  taking any  chances.
BrusselsToday reported  that the suspects were carrying what appeared to be Kalashnikov  weapons.
The BBC has  reviewed footage of the incident circulating on social media, which  shows two men brandishing what  appears to be a gun and  firing. It is not clear from the  video who they are  targeting. Clémenceau station  was closed, as  was Brussels-Midi station, which also serves as  a terminal for Eurostar  trains.
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Two metro lines  that run through  central Brussels  were also suspended, from Gare de l'Ouest to Trône,  near the European  Parliament.
Belgian media  reported a possible link between the events  and drug trafficking. The area around  Brussels-South has long had a reputation for violence and  crime.
Tram lines were also disrupted,  particularly between Lemonnier and Berkendael  stations and between Port d'Anderlecht and Midi  stations. Thousands of  passengers were  affected by the incident, which  occurred during the morning rush hour.  No indication  was given as to when normal  traffic would be able to resume.
A command post to coordinate the search has been set up  in the  municipality of Anderlecht, west of the  city center of the Belgian  capital.

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