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Brussels fire department: At least 3 killed in gunfire at capital’s Jewish Museum

BRUSSELS – Belgian officials say that at least three people have been killed in gunfire at the Jewish Museum in Brussels.

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, in a post on Twitter, said he was “shocked by the murders committed at the Jewish Museum” on Saturday afternoon. He said he had seen the bodies of the victims.

According to RTBF, a Belgian broadcasting company, a person with a backpack opened fire, then fled.

No other details were immediately available.

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