Brussels police find no explosives in car stopped by gunfire after high-speed chase

Belgian prosecutors said on Tuesday that no explosives were found in a car stopped by police fire after a high-speed chase in the flash-point Brussels suburb of Molenbeek.

“Nothing suspicious was found in the vehicle,” said Ine Van Wymersch, spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor’s office.

The car was chased by police after running a red light and involved in two collisions until it was finally brought to a halt, she said. A witness, Mohamed Al Mossawi, said that the car’s tires were shot out by police. Van Wymersch said only one shot was fired.

“When the person got out, he immediately claimed that there were explosives inside,” Van Wymersch said.

She declined to identify the suspect, but said he was a Rwandan national born in 1981 who was not previously known to police.