Brussels is grappling with an outbreak of drug-related violence with authorities appearing powerless to stem a rise in violent crime connected to a thriving narcotics trade. Footage went viral of masked men firing automatic weapons outside a Brussels metro station on Wednesday while commuters ran for their lives.
A spree of drug-linked shootings, one deadly, has set Brussels on edge with authorities appearing powerless to stem a rise in violent crime linked to a booming narcotics trade.
Footage went viral of masked men firing automatic weapons outside a Brussels metro station on Wednesday as commuters scattered for safety. This has heightened a growing sense that drug gangs are operating with impunity.
No arrests have been made over the shooting in the working-class Anderlecht district, which triggered a manhunt after the suspects fled into the metro tunnels.