Three shootings have shaken Brussels, the heart of the European Union (EU) in the last hours. There are no dead, but incidents worry. They will be linked to drug trafficking and have involved weapons of war.
One person was injured in the leg in a gunfire around 3 am (about 2 hours in Lisbon), in the immediate vicinity of Clémenceau Metro Stationin the Belgian commune of Anderlecht.
A few hours before that, another shooting had occurred in the same area, with two suspects using Automatic shotguns “Kalachnikov”firing several times without causing injured. The two suspects continue to Mount.
There are images of the video surveillance chambers that show the hooded suspectsit fires several shots to the entrance and inside the Clémenceau station.
A third took place in Saint-Jodos-Ten-Noode, with two injured people.
“In 24 hours, we accounted for three shootings: two in Anderlecht and one in Saint-Jodos-Noode,” says Brussels prosecutor Julien Moinil, noting that it is probably incidents related to the drug trafficking.
Moinil talks about “reprisals to conquer certain territories“It reveals that it was found“ a bullet impact on a child’s room ”on a street next door where the shots were fired.
The prosecutor also underlines that this is “Totally unacceptable” and points out that the authorities are investigating.
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Two gunmen opened fire outside Clemenceau metro station in Brussels around 6am today, February 6, 2025. CCTV footage showed one suspect unleashing gunfire from an automatic weapon. The suspects fled into metro…
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On Wednesday, the mayor of Anderlecht, Fabrice Compars, appealed to the Police reinforcement in the Belgian capital.
It is necessary “a general mobilization to occupy the area and make traffickers unable to enter,” said the socialist.
