Man Armed with Kalashnikov Arrested at Brussels’ Gare Du Midi
Customs agents alerted police after the suspect tried to avoid a security check, and officials said extra patrols should continue at stations.
- On Thursday morning, a joint police and army patrol arrested a 20-year-old man at Brussels-South station after customs agents flagged him for attempting to avoid a security check.
- The suspect, reportedly from the French city of Lille, concealed a Kalashnikov-type rifle and thirty bullets inside a sports bag beneath children's clothing.
- Belgian interior minister Bernard Quintin and Brussels regional minister-president Boris Dilli thanked officers and argued the arrest validates mixed police-military patrols deployed as a response to recent shootings.
- Brussels has recorded more than 69 shootings so far this year; Brussels chief prosecutor Julien Moinil criticized the political response, claiming "no reaction, no concrete help" against the violence.
- Midi, Belgium's busiest international rail hub serving Eurostar and Thalys lines, remains a flashpoint for drug-related crime, with Kalashnikovs appearing in past attacks including the February 2025 Clemenceau metro shooting.
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A man who arrived by train from France was arrested at the Gare du Midi station in BRUSSELS. Customs officials found a Kalashnikov in his bag. The incident sparked a debate about strengthening security measures.
A man was arrested in Brussels on Thursday, on his way down a train, being found in possession of a Kalaşnikov type weapon that he was carrying in a bag, found AFP from a source close to the investigation. The arrest took place around 9:30 a.m. local time at Midi Station, the great international station of the Belgian capital, said that source, reports News.ro.
Police and soldiers arrested a man who had Kalashnikov in his bag at the Brussels train station.
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A man carrying a weapon was arrested at Brussels South train station on Thursday afternoon. According to the Belgian authorities, it is believed to be a "weapon of war." Belgian media report that it involves a loaded Kalashnikov, hidden under a pile of baby clothes in a bag.
The individual was arrested in possession of a Kalashnikov on the descent of a train from France, according to the Belgian daily newspaper "La Dernière Heure" A man was arrested on Thursday 3 September at the
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