A man was arrested in Belgium's Antwerp today after trying to drive a car at high speed into a packed shopping street, police said.
The man was stopped by police and members of the armed forces at the scene in Antwerp.
Belgian security forces found a rifle as well as bladed weapons in a car driven by a Frenchman.
"Different arms were found in the boot -- bladed weapons, a riot gun (rifle) and a container of liquid that is still unidentified," the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement.
"The suspect is Mohamed R., born on May 8, 1977, of French nationality and a resident of France," the statement said.
The incident came a day after an attack on the British parliament killed three people plus the attacker, as well as after the first anniversary of the Brussels attacks in which 32 people died.