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| Shopping mall evacuated in Brussels after bomb threat, suspect arrested - reports | Shopping mall evacuated in Brussels after bomb threat, suspect arrested - reports |
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| A suspect wearing an explosive belt has been arrested following a bomb alert in a shopping mall in the center of Brussels, local media reported. Prime Minister Charles Michel told RTL the situation is “very suspicious” and called for a meeting of the National Security Council. | |
| The incident took place in the City2 Shopping Mall in the heart of the Belgian capital, local media said, adding that it was a bomb alert. The area was cordoned off and emergency services arrived at the scene. | |
| The police were notified at 5.30am “of a suspicious situation," said Ilse Van de Keere, spokeswoman for the Brussels-Ixelles police. "A security perimeter was established and the SEDEE unit [Belgian armed forces] is at the site. The operations are still ongoing.” | |
| Traffic at the nearby Jardin Botanique Boulevard was blocked as well as at Rogier metro station. | |
| Media reported that a male suspect wearing an explosive belt was arrested on the spot. Bel RTL reporter Sébastien Rosenfeld noted a heavy police and military presence near the shopping mall. "There is a very strong threat because police were warned there was a man with an explosive belt apparently in the [mall] building." | |
| Prime Minister Charles Michel, due to speak on an RTL program, canceled the engagement, saying the situation “was very suspicious.” | |
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