Shots fired in Brussels counter-terror raid

Belgian security forces are holding a manhunt after shots were fired at police during a counter-terror raid in Brussels, linked to last November's Paris attacks.

Officers are holding a major police operation in the area, searching for two suspects which are reportedly on the run. The incident resulted in the injury of three officers, with one of them severely hurt.

Belgian police have been trying to find the ISIL militants which escaped from the scene of the Paris attacks on 13 November 2015. The police claimed the suspects had escaped over rooftops and are currently in the process of pursuing them.

In an interview with AFP news agency, Eric Van Der Sypt, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor, maintained that ‘police were fired at’ during the raid which was ‘linked to the Paris attacks investigation’.