By Fionn Hargreaves For Mailonline, 7 April 2017:

Mohamed R., 39, remains in custody on a weapons offence related to the incident, the federal prosecutor’s office said.

It said a court in the port city of Antwerp had found there was not enough evidence to support a terror charge, in line with a recommendation by the federal prosecutor’s office which investigates terrorist offences.

Belgium has dropped terrorism charges against Mohamed R., 39, the driver who sped into a crowded shopping area in Antwerp last month (file photo)

‘The court considers that there is insufficient evidence of violations of the legislation on terrorism,’ the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

‘The extension of the detention of the person concerned is only based on violations of the arms legislation,’ it added.