BRUSSELS (AP) – Belgian police launched a manhunt in a Brussels neighborhood on Tuesday after at least one gunman opened fire on officers during an anti-terror raid linked to last year’s Paris attacks, officials said. Three police officers were slightly injured during the operation.
Two hours after the first shots were fired, a big swathe of the Forest neighborhood was in lockdown as special police units in body armor and balaclava hoods moved in, several with their guns drawn.
A helicopter was hovering overhead to patrol the area as police were still hunting for at least one suspect.
“Two individuals, apparently barricaded themselves inside a home,” Forest mayor Marc-Jean Ghyssels told local media.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the two people escaped, or whether police were searching for more people.