The suspect who caused a small explosion in Brussels Central Station has been identified as a 36-year-old local man, the Belgian federal prosecutor's office said.
"The man entered the railway station with a bag of explosives at 20:39 local time (1839 GMT) on Tuesday, and started to scream to cause panic before triggering the explosion," spokesperson of the prosecutor's office, Eric Van Der Sypt, said at a press conference.
The suspect, coming from the city's district of Molenbeek, was immediately shot dead by a soldier patrolling the station, the spokesman said.
The explosion did not cause any injuries, but traffic in the city was heavily disrupted on Tuesday evening, CNN reported.
"Certainly, the assailant wanted to cause a great damage," the spokesman said. "The military reacted quickly and successfully neutralized the terrorist." The prosecutors also confirmed that a search in the terrorist’s apartment in Molenbeek was carried out on Wednesday.
The explosion occurred near the ticket offices of Central Station late on Tuesday. An unknown man shouted "'Allahu Akbar" before triggering an explosive device.
