Belgian police hunt for armed gunmen after shooting in Brussels

A manhunt has been launched for two suspected gunmen who fled into the subway tunnels of the Belgian capital of Brussels after a shooting on Wednesday, the Brussels Prosecutor’s office said in a statement to NBC News.

Police were called to a shooting above the Clemenceau subway station in central Brussels around 6 a.m. local time (12:00 a.m. ET), the office said.

A major search operation was carried out after video-surveillance footage showed the two suspects, with police finding several shell casings on site.

Several subway stations were shut down temporarily. Six lines experiencing interrupted service, according to a post on X by STIB, the Belgium public transportation service.

The prosecutor’s office said no one was injured. It added that no one had been arrested so far, but that the investigation was ongoing. There was no indication of a terrorist motive, it said.