Security high at Brussels stations after man exploded device

A Belgian government official said security will remain high on June 21 at Brussels rail facilities after a man blew up an explosive device at the city's Central Station.

The man was shot by soldiers after detonating a small device there late on June 20. He lay still for several hours while a bomb squad checked whether he was carrying more explosives and later died. No one else was hurt.

Central Station re-opened at 08:00 a.m. on June 21. A police command car and several officers were still at the station.

Burn and blood marks remained on the floor at the scene, as workers continued to clean up and paint the area.

Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon told VRT broadcaster that it is important to address security concerns but avoid over-reacting.

He warned "against a society where we always and everywhere will be checked. If we do that, it would be fulfilling the aim of the terrorists."

"If you protect yourself everywhere against anything, in the end we will end up in a police state," Jambon said.

Belgian security forces have identified a man who set off an explosion at a Brussels train station before he was shot and killed, Jambon said on June 21.

"The terrorist's identity is known. We have been able to identify him," Jambon told RTBF television without giving further details.

Belgium has been on high alert since suicide bombers killed 32 people at the Brussels airport and a subway station on March 22, 2016.

Federal prosecutors, who visited the Central Station overnight, were due to hold a press conference.