Belgium arrests in Ghent apartment siege
Up to three people have been arrested after four men burst into a flat in the Belgian city of Ghent, amid reports of a hostage-taking.
Armed police stormed into the flat, reports said, hours after the siege began in the Dampoort area early on Monday.
Authorities said the incident was not linked to terrorism. Local media said it may have involved drugs.
Hours after the siege began it was unclear whether it was over.
Reporters at the scene said that three people had given themselves up without violence and had been led away with their hands held aloft.
But it is not yet known whether they are suspects.
Local prosecutors said there was no indication of any link to terrorism or jihadist group Islamic State.
"This isn't the same sort of incident as the events in Sydney," spokeswoman Annemie Serlippens said.
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