Explosion heard during Brussels police house search: Media

Belgian policemen securing the entrance to a building in Schaerbeek during police operations. - Reuters

BRUSSELS: Armed police launched a major new raid in Brussels in the wake of the suicide attacks in the capital, Belgian media reported on Friday (March 25), a day after six suspects were arrested over the carnage.  

An explosion was heard at the start of the house search in the borough of Schaerbeek, Belga news agency reported, while the RTBF broadcaster said a man had been “neutralised”, but there was no immediate confirmation by officials.

Tuesday's bomb attacks on Brussels airport and the metro system, claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, killed at least 31 people and wounded 316. - Reuters/AFP