A shooting on a major shopping street in central Brussels on Thursday morning has left no fewer than four people wounded, the Belgian capital’s police has confirmed.
The assailants had left the scene by the time the police arrived after being called at about 7:30 pm (1830 GMT), police spokeswoman Ilse Van de Keere told reporters.
‘At this point, there is nothing to make us think it was a terrorist act,’ she said.
One of the wounded is in critical condition.
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The shots were fired on the Avenue de la Toison d’Or, a busy commercial street near a covered passageway featuring upscale fashion boutiques. The passageway was evacuated, according to Belgian media.
In another report, no fewer than three people were killed and another seriously injured by a gunman who was shot dead by police at a US university on Wednesday night.
The latest event in the United States, where gun violence is a regular occurrence, happened at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which is located close to the tourist-heavy Strip and a gambling hub.
‘Three of the victims are confirmed deceased,’ Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill told a press conference.
He said a fourth victim had been critically injured by the shooting but that condition later upgraded to stable.
The identity of the shooter was not immediately released, but CNN and the Los Angeles Times, quoting law enforcement sources, said he was a 67 year old career college professor with links to schools in Georgia and North Carolina. But it was not clear what affiliation he had with the Nevada university where the shooting took place.
US President Joe Biden in a statement decried the latest “horrific act of gun violence” to terrorize a college campus.
Police responded within minutes to reports of an active shooter at 11:45 am (1945 GMT), McMahill told a press conference.