Police in Brussels have sealed parts of Brussels near a primary school in an operation against a possible gunman, according to reports.
A police helicopter has been filmed surveying Forest, the area which has been sealed off, as armed officers crouch behind buildings and marksmen occupy rooftops.
Salah Abdeslam, one of the suspects in the Paris terror attacks in November 2015, was captured near the same spot following a police raid and armed shootout in March 2016.
BREAKING: Major armed police operation in Brussels as officers ‘block gunmen in building’; The incident is taking place near a primary school attended by approximately 350 pupils pic.twitter.com/R9sMcX4mFs
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) February 22, 2018
Reports suggest the children at the primary school are not currently in danger, although they have been secured inside the building as a precautionary measure.
Home to many jihadist hotspots and subject to several deadly terrorist attacks in recent years, the Belgian and European Union capital has been on a state of high alert for some time.
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