Belgium: Two Shooters Fire into Street with Kalashnikovs: No Injuries

Today in Brussels, two masked men, armed with Kalashnikov rifles, walked out of a metro station and opened fire on the street. Nobody was hit, and the shooters fled through the metro station. The incident was captured on video. Photos of the men are also available, and in one of them, you can see his face. The below photo is from the Spanish daily, El Mundo. Incredibly, the Belgian daily, Nieuwsblad, blurred his face out.

-El Mundo

We hope to get a translated article from the Belgian media either in French or Dutch, sometime today.

*Update: The below article from Het Laatse Nieuws is (partially) translated by Fousesquawk from Dutch. The remainder of the article is under a subscriber block.

Caption: Left: The two armed persons at the Clemenceau Metro Station. Right: A fresh bullet hole from the weapon of war can still be seen on the climbing bars in a playground.

Anderlecht again under pressure: "People are selling their homes out of fear"

" You see syringes and knives everywhere on the street. This has become a no man's land, and drug dealers do what they want." The neighborhood around the Clemenceau Metro Station in Anderlecht is in shock after 2 heavily armed men opened fire and fled into the metro tunnels Wednesday morning. For the time being, there is still no trace of the suspects. Residents in the area fear for their safety and link the incident to the escalating drug problem that has plagued the area for years. "The real people responsible remain untouched," says Mayor Fabrice Cumps.

-By Carmen Schelkens  Feb 5, 2025 at 17:43. Latest update: 23.14

*Update (2-6-25) The French-language Belgian daily, 7 sur 7, is reporting that police have conducted a raid and arrested one suspect in the above shooting. The name has not been released as is the custom in Belgium. Weapons have also reportedly been seized. The report also indicates that one of the bullets fired yesterday in front of the metro station wound up in the bedroom of a child. As previously reported, there were no injuries. (Translation of the article is pending.)

Here it is. Translation by Fousesquawk.

Caption: Clemenceau station this Thursday morning

Gunshots at Clemenceau station: One suspect arrested and arms  seized

Update: One suspect has been arrested in the framework of an investigation into the shots fired Wednesday at dawn in front of the Clemenceau station in Anderlecht Het Laatse Nieuws reports

-By Maxime de Valensart on Feb 6, 2025 at 16:14. Last update at 17:33. Source HLN, Belga, RTBF 

Weapons were also seized during the searches, according to our colleagues. Contacted by the Belga (news) agency, the prosecutor's office in Brussels did not wish to make any comments at the time "in the interest of the investigation."

To recount, gunshots were fired Wednesday around 6 am in front of the Clemenceau Metro in Anderlecht. Nobody was injured. Several shell casings were found and a large investigative operation was carried out. In the surveillance camera images, 2 suspects, armed with Kalashnikovs, were seen while fleeing in the metro tunnels.

In La Premiere (RTBF) Thursday morning, the new King's Prosecutor of Brussels, Julien Moinil, announced that "a raid" was "in progress" without giving more precise (details).

A new incident Thursday morning

Mr. Moinil also indicated that a bullet had ended up in a child's bedroom. Contacted by RTBF for comment later in the day, the parents, in shock, did not wish to comment.

On Thursday morning, gunshots again were fired near the metro station, wounding a collateral victim in the leg. According to BX1 (news), it was a worker. He was taken in critical condition to the hospital, but his life is now no longer in danger.