"There was a shooting this morning in Anderlecht. One person died in the incident. It is probably linked to rival drug gangs," said a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor's office. The fatal shooting on Friday followed another shooting on Wednesday in Brussels,

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.