Two dead and 10 injured as armed gang rampage through Liege in Belgium with guns and grenades
Men, women and children fled down the streets of the city centre - some still carrying shopping bags as ambulances and police descended on the area.
There was no information about the identity of the attackers, believed to number two or three, or their motive. But the Belgian public broadcaster VRT reported they remained at large and police were telling residents to stay in their homes or seek shelter in shops or public buildings.
All traffic was told to leave the city centre and all shops in the area were closed, some with many customers stranded inside.
Police helicopters flew over the city and a medical post was set up in the courtyard of the palace of the Prince Bishops court house located on the site.
In Brussels, Interior Ministry official Peter Mertens confirmed the attack and said at least one or two attackers were involved and at least one person was killed and several were wounded. Emergency medical teams were called in from as far away as the Netherlands.
One report said that three men lobbed grenades into a crowd at a bus shelter and opened fire with guns at about 12.30pm. One of the attackers was apparently killed, a man aged about 40.
Police were on the scene quickly and sealed off the square.
