One Suspect Shot Dead in Brussels in Police Raid Linked to 2015 Paris Attacks

World | March 15, 2016, Tuesday // 22:26
Bulgaria: One Suspect Shot Dead in Brussels in Police Raid Linked to 2015 Paris Attacks Police take up position on a roof during an anti-terror raid in Forest, Brussels, Belgium, 15 March 2016 reportedly linked to the last year's Paris attacks. Photo EPA/BGNES

One suspect has been shot dead in a counter-terrorism raid in Brussels linked to last year’s terror attacks in Paris in which 130 people were killed, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

As many as two other suspects are reportedly on the run after Belgian police raided an apartment in Forest, a south Brussels suburb, according to the BBC.

Four Belgian police officers have been wounded on the operation, according to Belgian media reports.

French police took part in the raid in the Belgian capital, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said.

 

 

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