Belgian Prime Minister convened a meeting of the crisis staff Photo: PAP / EPA / OLIVIER HOSLET
There is information that the man is carrying explosives. “Suicide belt” checked specialists. It turned out that it was filled with salt dummy.
According to the media officers stopped the man on the phone from a person who said that something suspicious is going on near the shopping center.
For the duration of action SWAT team closed the area around the shopping center City2. Also evacuated nearby residents. At present, the action has been completed, slowly open are the next streets.
In connection with the anti-terrorist operation, Prime Minister of Belgium canceled all his meetings and convened a meeting of the crisis staff.
Charles Michel said after the meeting that the situation in Brussels is under control. The head of government also stressed that the services are alert and ready, but he would not answer any questions.
The third level of risk
In the whole of Belgium is still valid third level of terrorist threat in the four-level scale. The Belgian authorities have decided not to raise his when a few days ago received information about planned terrorist attacks.
In the night from Friday to Saturday, special forces carried out a large-scale operation against terrorism. A search of approx. 40 houses, more than a hundred warehouses and garages, but found when explosives.
Of the 12 arrested, three were accused of preparing terrorist attacks.
March 22 in Brussels there was a terrorist attack, which killed 32 people. The attacks on the Zaventem Airport and situated close to the EU institutions subway station in Brussels, more than 300 people were injured.
The attacks admitted jihadi organization Islamic State (IS).
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