Situation under control after explosion
A Belgian Army soldier
Abu Dhabi - Egypt Today
An explosion rocked the central train station in Brussels on Tuesday and a man was shot by police during the incident, prosecutors told Belgian media.
The incident took place around 1900 GMT, causing the city's Gare Centrale to be evacuated. The nearby Grand Place, a major tourist destination, was also evacuated.
"A crowd panicked in the station and ran for the tracks after an incident," said Arnaud Reyman, spokesman for Infrabel, the Belgian railway operator.
Firemen were called to the scene after a report of a small explosion, RTBF broadcaster reported.
The incident in Belgium comes a day after a man mowed down Muslims near a mosque in London, and a radical Islamist on a terror watch-list rammed a car laden with weapons and gas into a police vehicle in Paris.
Brussels police said via Twitter that there was "an incident with an individual at the station. The situation is under control."
They asked the public to follow police instructions.
The Belgian capital's Grand Place, a major tourist site, was evacuated along with the station about 200 meters (656 feet) away.
Belgium has been on high alert since suicide bombers killed 32 people on the Brussels subway and at an airport in March 2016.
source: Khaleejtimes
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