On Monday evening, a man barricaded himself inside his home on Lambermontlaan in Schaarbeek (Brussels). Officers from Brussels North Police Zone partially cordoned off the street and, as a precaution, eight local residents were evacuated.
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Police arrest two after man holes up in his home on Lambermontlaan in Schaarbeek
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The police received a call at around 5.30 pm on Monday about a man who had barricaded himself inside his home on Lambermontlaan, near the Chazal tram stop. “Both our officers and the DSU, the federal police’s special units, attended the scene,” a police spokesperson said.
The reason for the incident remains unclear, and it was not known whether the person barricaded inside was armed.
The section of Lambermontlaan between Chazal and Louis Bertrand tram stops was cordoned off to allow the police operation. On the instructions of the police, tram line 7 no longer stopped at stops. Trams were still running but were not stopping.
The police operation came to an end around 11.45 pm. Police announced that two people had been arrested.
A journalist working for press agency Belga heard gunshots in the neighbourhood at around 11.30 pm, shortly before the police reported that two people had been arrested.