Suspect arrested after van ploughs into cafe terrace in Brussels

A van ploughed into a restaurant terrace in central Brussels on Friday afternoon, leaving six individuals with minor accidents, in response to Belgian police.

One suspect — whose motivates “aren’t recognized” as of Friday night — was arrested shortly after the incident, which occurred at round 13:00 native time on Rue Saint-Michel, close to the town’s procuring district.

It is unclear at this stage whether or not it was a deliberate act or an accident. 

A spokesperson for the town’s public prosecutor’s workplace refused to present any data on the profile of the arrested individual.

 “The investigation remains to be ongoing to make clear the precise circumstances of the info,” stated Willemien Baert at a press convention. “At this stage, the varied leads are nonetheless open, the motives of the suspect aren’t but recognized.”

When requested if it might be terror-related, Baert underlined that it was “not but certain that it’s an assault, it’s potential that it was simply an accident.”

Police stated the driving force of the automobile fled the scene after the incident, which left two institutions broken, Le Corbeau and Metropolis Pizza.

Emergency providers arrived on the scene in a short time and handled six minor injures on the spot, whereas the van concerned within the crash was discovered shortly after. 

The mayor of Brussels instructed reporters that the automobile was “travelling at extraordinarily excessive speeds” in the direction of the terrace, the place there was a mixture of vacationers, metropolis staff and Belgian locals. 

Reporting from the scene, Euronews correspondent Méabh Mc Mahon stated the procuring district was calm and again to regular in a while within the afternoon.