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| Brussels metro shooting sparks manhunt as two gunmen in balaclavas open fire with automatic weapons before going on the run; cops claim not terrorist | ||
| 2025-02-05 | ||
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Brussels police were searching for two gunmen Wednesday after shots were fired outside a metro station, with authorities saying there was 'no indication of a terrorist motive'. Nobody was injured in the shooting, which happened at around 6:00 am outside Clemenceau train station near the city centre. Surveillance footage obtained by broadcaster RTBF showed two masked people carrying Kalashnikov-style automatic rifles outside the metro, with at least one letting off repeated shots. The suspects fled into the metro and entered tunnels running under one of the city's main railway stations, a police spokesperson said. 'A major search operation was launched after the available video surveillance images showed two suspects fleeing into the metro tunnels,' prosecutors said in a statement. 'At this stage, there is no indication of a terrorist motive for this shooting.'
Another video showed a large group of heavily armed police assembling at the Clemenceau station, as a massive search for the suspects got underway. Local broadcaster VRT reported that the events were possibly drug related. Brussels has seen an increase in gun crime linked to disputes between rival drug gangs in the city. Local media citing police figures say that there were 89 shooting incidents, killing nine people, in the city last year.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 If it was drug gang related how did they manage to not injure anyone while using two evil assault rifles? Same thing if it was 'normal' Islamic terrorists? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2025-02-05 15:02 |
| #1 Brussels Shooting Paralyses City Transit System as Gunmen Thought to Have Fled Into Subway Tunnels |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-02-05 11:11 |