BREAKING: Shots fired at train station in Amsterdam as Europe stands on a knife edge

POLICE have fired shots during an arrest at Amsterdam’s central train station with European law enforcement agencies on edge in light of the horrific Brussels bombings.Dutch officers confirmed that they fired a warning shot during the arrest of three suspects at Amsterdam's central station this evening.

The dramatic scenes were followed by police chase through the city, with police initially refusing to comment on the reasons for the arrests, prompting speculation they could be related to the earlier Brussels terrorist attack.

The Dutch Police's official account also tweeted that the country's border with Belgium will be "intensively guarded for as long as necessary".One witness at the scene told how he heard a shot being fired and saw a suspect running from the station. The area around the central station was cordoned off and there was a heavy police presence tonight. Armen Zadoorian said:

"I saw a guy running and a lot of police on top of him." According to other witnesses armed police approached the three men and fired the shot when they fled. The trio got into a black Volkswagen Golf and were chased through the streets by officers, who hunted them down and arrested them in the street a few hundred metres from the station. Read it all here.............

HT : BCF