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The Latest: Suspect Shot after Brussels Station Explosion

Tuesday, 20 June 2017 04:38 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the explosion at a train station in Brussels: (all times local):

10:15 p.m.

Belgian authorities say soldiers "neutralized" a person at a main Brussels train station amid media reports of explosion-like noises there.

Belgium's Crisis Center, which monitors security threats in the country, said via Twitter that "soldiers had to neutralize an individual" at the Central station on Tuesday.

Brussels prosecutor's office spokeswoman Ine Van Wymersch tells VRT network there was a small explosion at the station, one of the nation's busiest, but the damage was limited.

Van Wymersch said authorities were on the scene quickly and a person was shot. She says at first sight no one else appears to have been wounded.

Photos posted on social media showed a small fire in the station, which was evacuated along with the main Brussels square.

9:30 p.m.

Belgian media are reporting that explosion-like noises have been heard at a Brussels train station, prompting the evacuation of a main square.

Broadcaster RTL quoted Fires Services spokesman Pierre Meys confirming that some kind of an explosion had happened in the city's Central station on Tuesday. Meys could not say what had caused the blast.

He could only confirm that firefighters were at the scene.

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.

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The Latest on the explosion at a train station in Brussels: (all times local):10:15 p.m.Belgian authorities say soldiers "neutralized" a person at a main Brussels train station amid media reports of explosion-like noises there.Belgium's Crisis Center, which monitors...
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