The pictures are believed to have been taken just after the man exploded his bomb.
Police had quickly evacuated the station and surrounding areas of historic downtown Brussels after the incident around 8:30 pm. He meant to explode a large bomb.
"It wasn't exactly a big explosion but the impact was pretty big".
Jambon told VRT broadcaster that it is important to address security concerns but avoid over-reacting.
He detonated a device when he attracted the attention of soldiers in the station, the paper says.
The man was from the Molenbeek neighborhood, the home and transit point for numerous suspects linked to attacks in Brussels and in Paris in November 2015.
"However, this was a terrorist attack", Eric Van der Sijpt, spokesperson for the Belgian Federal prosecutor told reporters at a press conference.
Although no one was hurt, smoke billowing through Central Station sent commuters racing for cover.
Armed police stand guard outside Brussels Central train station after a man triggered a small explosion inside the station on June 20, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.
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Belgium's Prime Minister, Charles Michel, was following the situation very closely from the crisis centre, according to his spokesman Frederic Cauderlier.
The Belgian capital, home to the headquarters of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the European Union, has been on high alert since a Brussels-based Islamic State cell launched an attack that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015.
Security experts said Tuesday's incident could have been similar to "lone-wolf" assaults carried out by individuals with limited access to weapons and training.
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With Islamic State under pressure in Syria - where Belgium has been the most fertile European recruiting ground for foreign Islamist fighters - he said attacks in Europe could increase, although many would be by "amateurs" doing little harm.
The blast in Belgium came a day after a man mowed down Muslims near a mosque in London, and a suspected Islamist on a terror watchlist rammed a auto laden with weapons into a police vehicle in Paris. Nobody else was injured. Soldiers killed the man after he charged at them shouting "Allahu akbar", Arabic for "God is great".
He described the suspect as well built and tanned with short hair, wearing a white shirt and jeans. "People were running away", he said. "I think we had some luck tonight", Bonnaffe told Reuters by telephone after he finally made it home. "I'm happy that no one was injured and that this was basically a failed attempt". "And then in front of me, I could see a burning object, and then people started to run out of the station", said witness Rémy Bonnaffé. The national alert level was maintained at its second highest level.
Writing on Twitter he added: "Police now all over this like a rash but v impressed with private security guard with k9, he did the business securing the public".
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