1 suspect dead after counterterrorism raid in Brussels

The scene in the Forest section of Brussels on Tuesday.
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One suspect is dead and four police officers injured following a joint counterterrorism operation on Tuesday between Belgian and French authorities, officials said.

The raid at a house in the Forest section of Brussels targeted a group of people linked to those already charged in last November's terror attacks in Paris, a police source told NBC News. The Belgian federal prosecutor's office said at least one person started shooting at officers as they entered the doorway, injuring three. The fourth officer was hurt in a later exchange of gunfire, and a gunman holding a Kalashnikov was killed, the prosecutor's office said.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.