Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
It was announced in Brussels today, Tuesday, that the perpetrator of the attack with a knife on citizens inside the "domestic train" metro station in the Belgian capital, Brussels, was arrested, specifically near the headquarters of the European Union institutions. 6 p.m. on Monday. The Belgian police managed to arrest the perpetrator quickly, and there are some injured. The Brussels Public Prosecutor's Office is expected to announce more details about the incident and further investigations into it.
Several witnesses said a man initiated a knife attack while on a subway car before running through the station trying to attack another person. One young man was severely wounded and several others nearby sustained minor knife wounds. There were no fatal injuries. A large number of police officers and two ambulances went to the scene.
"Three people were injured, one of them seriously," a federal police spokesman confirmed to the Belga news agency. The three were taken to the hospital. A suspect has been arrested but his motive is not yet known.”
The man was not on the watch list of the Threat Analysis Coordination Unit (OCAD in Dutch, OCAM in French) that monitors terrorist activity in Belgium and is also unknown to the state security intelligence services. Bystanders speculated from the man's behavior that he was suffering from psychological problems.
Meanwhile, the staff working for the European Commission received a security alert warning them of the area of the Schuman metro station.
The station was closed by order of the police and the metro service was suspended for several hours, which meant that hundreds of commuters had to switch to alternative buses and. Around 21:00, the metro service was able to resume business as usual.
A number of videos and photos are circulating on Twitter of the police ordering the alleged assailant to fall to the ground before arresting him.