A man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was stabbed in the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht on Tuesday afternoon. The Brussels South Local Police Service reports that the stabbing happened at around 1pm. Around an hour later shots were fired in a street in the neighbouring municipality of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. No one was injured in the shooting.
At around 1 pm police were called to a stabbing incident on the Antoine Nysstraat, in a residential area of Anderlecht. One man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
In a statement released not long after the stabbing, the Brussels South Local Police Service said that "The emergency services are at the scene and an investigation has been opened to establish the exact circumstance surrounding the incident”. As yet, no suspect has been detained.
Shots fired in Molenbeek
Just over an hour after the stabbing in Anderlecht shots were fired in the Ransfortstraat in the centre of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek.
The Brussels West Local Police Service confirms initial reports that no one was injured in the shooting.