Two people were killed in separate shootings in Brussels overnight, including a police officer who was fatally shot while attempting to stop suspects in a stolen car, Belgian media reported on Tuesday.
The Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed a fatal shooting in the Ixelles district, near the European Parliament, as well as a separate incident in the Jette district in which a police officer died from his injuries, according to French-language news outlet RTL Info.
Authorities have not established a connection between the two incidents.
In Jette, police officers attempted to stop a stolen vehicle when the suspects tried to flee and opened fire, triggering a shootout. One officer was shot in the head and later died.
Special police units subsequently arrested a suspect. Three firearms were found inside the stolen vehicle, RTL Info reported.
The prosecutor’s office said the officer, who belonged to the Brussels Anti-Aggression Brigade (BAA), died at around 12:45am on Tuesday after being shot.
Bernard Quintin on X (formerly Twitter): “Profondément bouleversé par le décès tragique d’un policier bruxellois cette nuit lors d’une intervention. Mes pensées vont avant tout à sa famille et à ses proches, mais aussi à ses collègues de PolBru.Nous sommes à leurs côtés pour traverser ces moments particulièrement… / X”
Profondément bouleversé par le décès tragique d’un policier bruxellois cette nuit lors d’une intervention. Mes pensées vont avant tout à sa famille et à ses proches, mais aussi à ses collègues de PolBru.Nous sommes à leurs côtés pour traverser ces moments particulièrement…
Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin said on X that he was deeply shaken by the officer’s death. He added that prosecutors were investigating the circumstances of the incident and that those responsible would face the full force of the law.
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