Police escorted
dozens of shoppers out of the Cora mall, some of whom confused
the sound of glass jewelry display cases being smashed with that
of gunfire, police commissioner Eric De Brabander said.
No shots were fired and no one was injured in the heist, he
added. The robbers escaped.
Earlier, Mayor Daniel Vanderlick told the local RTL News that
gunshots had been fired with a Kalashnikov.
There was no suggestion from police that the incident had
Islamist militant links. Suicide attacks claimed by Islamic
State killed 32 people in Brussels in March.
(Reporting by Alissa de Carbonnel; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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