Police have "neutralised" a suspect after an exchange of fire with officers following a raid on a house in Brussels, Belgian media reports.
Authorities had targeted an apartment as they carried out a Belgian-French anti-terror operation linked to the Paris attacks last November in which 130 people were killed.
Following the raid in the southern district of Forest, a suspect apparently holding a machine gun was "neutralised" after being spotted in a nearby garden by a police helicopter.
Earlier, Belgium's federal prosecutor said one or more people had barricaded themselves into the apartment after police had been shot at through a door during the raid.
Three officers were wounded during an initial search of the property while a fourth was hit by gunfire as more police were mobilised.
It has not been confirmed whether other suspects are on the run but some reports said two people were at large.
It came as Belgian officers continued their hunt for Salah Abdeslam, a major suspect in the Paris shootings and bombings.
"Police were fired at," Eric Van Der Sypt, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor said.
He added that the search in the Forest district was "linked to the Paris attacks investigation".
Witnesses reported a heavy exchange of fire lasting several minutes, RTL radio said.
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