The police services were informed around 8:20 p.m. via the emergency number 100 of shots fired in the center of the capital.
A security perimeter has been installed around Place De Brouckère. No information has filtered on the circumstances of the shooting, nor on the identity of the victim.
“I have no information on the state of health of the victim for the moment,” said Ilse Van de Keere, spokeswoman for the Brussels police.
The Brussels public prosecutor’s office took up the case. The police say they are deploying the maximum means to find the perpetrator(s) of the shots.