Police are chasing two suspects who fled into Brussels’ metro tunnels following a shooting in the Belgian capital, according to officials.

Police and search dogs were stationed outside the central Clemenceau metro in Brussels on Wednesday (February 5) after a shooting closed several stations, the Belgian prosecutor's office said.

Police in Belgium are hunting armed men after a shooting outside a metro station in the centre of Brussels on Wednesday morning. The incident took place outside Clémenceau station at around 6.15am just before the suspects fled into the metro tunnels.