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Police surround suspected terrorist in 'bomb alert' in Brussels Police arrest suspected terrorist in 'bomb alert' in Brussels
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Police have surrounded a suspected terrorist wearing a “long coat and wires” in Brussels, local media report. It comes as Belgium prepares for National Day, which is celebrated on July 21. Police have arrested a suspected terrorist wearing a “long coat and wires” in Brussels, local media report. It comes as Belgium prepares for National Day, which is celebrated on July 21.
The man was arrested by special units and taken to the police station, said Christian De Coninck, a spokesman for the Brussels-Ixelle police, as quoted by Le Vif. 
Prior to being arrested, the man was kept under armed police guard for hours, near a library adjacent to the Royal Monnaie Opera, AP reported.
"A person wearing a long coat, with wires coming out, is considered the suspect," Brussels police spokesperson Ilse de Keere said, as quoted by Le Soir media outlet."A person wearing a long coat, with wires coming out, is considered the suspect," Brussels police spokesperson Ilse de Keere said, as quoted by Le Soir media outlet.
Christian De Coninck, a spokesman for the Brussels-Ixelle police, stressed to VTM that the man's attire is "not normal at these temperatures," adding that special units would examine "what exactly is under the jacket." De Coninck stressed to VTM that the man's attire is "not normal at these temperatures," adding that special units would examine "what exactly is under the jacket."
A bomb squad is at the scene, and shops in the vicinity have been evacuated. However, the "very passive and very suspect" man was actually studying waves and radiation in the city, De Coninck later said. 
A bomb squad arrived at the scene after police were alerted to the individual, and shops in the vicinity were evacuated.
An employee from the nearby Galerie Anspach shopping mall told RT that "we know there was a police operation. Everything was blocked nearby. We have seen an enormous amount of police cars but we heard nothing, no shots. Everybody was evacuated from the shopping mall and now we will go inside to take our belongings.”An employee from the nearby Galerie Anspach shopping mall told RT that "we know there was a police operation. Everything was blocked nearby. We have seen an enormous amount of police cars but we heard nothing, no shots. Everybody was evacuated from the shopping mall and now we will go inside to take our belongings.”
Several streets are currently blocked. A theater employee by the name of Nicolas told RT: “All I know is that police reacted to a suspect with a suicide belt, they tried to arrest him but police [don't] want to share any more information. I am locked inside the building with several workers, we closed the door. Every time I try to get outside to ask whether we [can] go out, policemen tell me that we should remain inside. People here were frightened. They found out that there was something about a suicide belt and panicked and began to run. For me it is no big deal, I am relatively far from the place.”
Police say the suspect is "under control," but has not yet been detained. Several streets were blocked.
Photos from the spot show a man kneeling with his hands up, surrounded at gunpoint by security services. Photos from the spot showed a man kneeling with his hands up, surrounded at gunpoint by security services.
The man was reported by a security guard from a private security company, according to VTM. The man was reported by a security guard from a private security company, according to VTM. 
It comes just four months after terror attacks on the Belgian capital left 32 people killed and more than 300 injured at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.It comes just four months after terror attacks on the Belgian capital left 32 people killed and more than 300 injured at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
A gruesome terror attack in Nice, France, left 84 people dead and over 300 injured last week, when the driver of a truck plowed down spectators of a Bastille Day fireworks show. IS claimed responsibility.A gruesome terror attack in Nice, France, left 84 people dead and over 300 injured last week, when the driver of a truck plowed down spectators of a Bastille Day fireworks show. IS claimed responsibility.