Incredible photos show a man lying on the ground as heavily armed police stormed a tram stop in the Belgian capital's Schaerbeek neighbourhood,
Explosions were reported as police closed in on the man, although it is not clear whether these were stun grenades used by officers or whether the suspect set off a device.
Police said the suspect had been "neutralised" and taken into custody. The extent of his injuries remains unclear.
Photos from the scene show cops using covers as cover as they sneak up on the suspect before shooting him.
As he lays prone on the floor, his rucksack dangles over the edge of the train platform.
A bomb disposal robot then approaches the suspect to check the bag and the suspect for explosives.
Overnight raids in Belgium, France and Germany have seen several suspected ISIS terrorists arrested - reportedly including the mysterious “man in white” who was pictured walking alongside two suicide bombers moments before the airport blasts.
In total, 11 people have been detained in overnight terror raids across three countries.
Eight people have been arrested in Belgium, two in Germany and one in Paris, where a known ISIS terrorist who should be serving 10 years in prison in Belgium was reportedly at an “advanced” stage of a plot to attack Paris.
Although it hasn’t been officially confirmed, local media reported that one of those arrested in Brussels was the as-yet-unnamed “man in white” seen alongside two suicide bombers moments before they killed 11 people at Brussels airport. A separate blast on the city’s Metro killed a further 20.
In Paris, Reda Kriket, 34, was arrested in the north west suburb of Argenteuil as he allegedly plotted further atrocities in the French capital.
Reda was still at large despite being given a decade prison sentence in his absence in Belgium last year in connection with a network sending jihadists to Syria.
He has been on a Most Wanted police list January, and was considered "extremely dangerous", and thought to be on the run inside ISIS-held territory.
Reda is not thought to be connected to the Brussels attacks, or the ones in Paris last November in which 130 died, but the fact that he was at large in Europe is of huge concern to the authorities.
"He should have been under lock and key, but like so many other convicted jihadists was able to travel at will, and hide away in France or Belgium," said an investigating source.
Meanwhile, in Germany two suspected ISIS fighters were detained in Dusseldorf and Giessen
Both men are thought to have links to one of the Brussels bombers, according to Der Spiegel, with one of the men having suspicious text messages on his mobile phone referencing Brussels.
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