Belgian police: Four armed men enter house in Ghent

There's no information available either about the armed men who entered the apartment block or whether they had taken hostages

Four armed men have entered an apartment in the western Belgian city of Ghent, and police have blocked off a wide perimeter around the area.

Police said Monday that three hours after the men entered the apartment it was still unclear whether they had taken any hostages. Neither was no information available about the armed men who entered the apartment block.

By mid-morning a big police operation had been set up in the working-class neighbourhood to keep bystanders away from the scene.