Belgian troops patrolling Brussels Central Station have "neutralised" a person after a small explosion this morning.
There were no other casualties and the situation is under control.
They could not confirm media reports that the person had been wearing an explosive vest and it is not clear whether the person shot was still alive.
The station and the adjacent historic downtown area, packed with tourists and locals on a hot summer evening, was partly evacuated as police set up a security cordon.
The city has been on high alert for more than 18 months since Brussels‑based Islamic State militants carried out attacks in Paris that killed 130 people there in November 2015 and later bombed Brussels airport and the city's metro in March last year.
🇬🇧#Brussel today yesterday Paris increases the use and manufacture of explosive devices or detonators for terrorist attacks on European soil pic.twitter.com/sFp8DmwCS3
— Julián Mateos. 🛰 (@MarquesdCaceres) June 20, 2017
Source: Stuff.co
