One person has died during a police intervention in the Antwerp district of Merksem on Wednesday morning, Belgian news agency Belga reported. “A dozen searches were carried out on Wednesday, mainly in the Antwerp region, as part of an investigation into the illegal possession of firearms,” said Eric Van Duyse, a spokesperson for the public prosecutor’s office, according to Belga. The public prosecutor’s office said that an exchange of fire between the police and the owner of a house that had been searched occurred during the operation. The resident who was involved died, according to Belga. Th…