Police in Brussels are searching for a woman thought to be wearing a device similar to an explosive vest, according to reports.
The suspect is described as having dark, curly hair and was wearing black jeans, ankle boots and a black jacket.
Initial information suggests the woman walked into a police station on Rue de Brabant in Brussels on Monday morning wearing a black jacket with a white bulletproof vest underneath.
Police report that the woman was acting suspiciously and they could see black electrical wires sticking out of the vest, causing concern that it might be explosive.
The woman quickly ran away from the police station before she could be apprehended.
The police station has remained closed.
“The analysis of CCTV footage is in progress,” the Brussels North police zone told Sudinfo.
Brussels the day after deadly attacks on airport, metro - in pictures
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A sign reading ‘I am Brussels’ (Je suis Bruxelles) sits among candles and flowers at a makeshift memorial at Place de la Bourse (Beursplein) in Brussels on March 23, 2016. Patrik Stollarz / Agence France-Presse -
A Belgian flag and a sign reading ‘United Against Hatred’ hangs from the Bourse De Brussels bulding in the Place de la Bourse on March 23, 2016, a day after three terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium. The country is observing three days of national mourning after 31 people were killed in a twin suicide blast at Zaventem Airport and a bomb attack at Maalbeek metro station. Two brothers are thought to have carried out the airport attack and an international manhunt is under way for a third suspect. The attacks come just days after a key suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, was captured in Brussels. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images -
Men place candles an a street memorial on March 23, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. Francois Lenoir / Reuters -
Belgian soldiers patrol in the Schaarbeek district of Brussels, Belgium, on March 23, 2016. Security services are on high alert following the previous day’s deadly explosions in the departure hall of Zaventem Airport and on the metro system in Brussels, Belgium. SIL has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Christophe Petit Tesson / EPA -
A minute of silence is observed at the Place de la Bourse in the centre of Brussels on March 23, 2016. Bombs exploded Tuesday at the city’s airport and one of its metro stations, killing and wounding scores of people, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. Martin Meissner/ Associated Press -
A woman and children mourn for the victims of the bombings at the Place de la Bourse in the centre of Brussels on March 23, 2016. Martin Meissner / Associated Press -
People write messages at the Place de la Bourse, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 23, 2016, in a tribute to the many people killed and injured in multiple terrorist attacks the day before. Security services are on high alert following explosions at the Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek metro station in Brussels. ISIL has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Yoan Valat / EPA -
From left, in the first row: France’s prime pinaster Manuel Valls, Belgium King Philippe, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, Belgium Queen Mathilde and Belgian prime minister Charles Michel observe a minute of silence on March 23, 2016, at EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. Olivier Hoslet / EPA -
The mayor of Brussels, Yvan Mayeur (centre left) and mayor of Paris, Ann Hidalgo (centre right) pay tribute on March 23, 2016, at Place de la Bourse, Brussels, Belgium, to the victims of the terrorist attacks. Yoan Valat / EPA
The Federal Police say that a sweep, conducted with explosive-sniffing dogs, was conducted at the nearby Gare du Midi railway station at about 10am and no traces of explosives were found.
Police could not confirm reports by Sudinfo and Het Nieuwsblad that the woman may have been wearing an explosive vest.
