Abidjan: French and Belgian police came under fire in Brussels on Tuesday during a search operation linked to the Paris attacks, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Tuesday.

“A team made up of Belgian and French police came under fire, apparently from assault weapons, during a raid,” he said after arriving in the Ivorian capital following a weekend shooting rampage by jihadists that killed 18.

“I’m being prudent because the operation is ongoing and I won’t make any other comment than to confirm that this did take place,” he told a news conference.