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| Part of Brussels on lockdown, police operation underway | Part of Brussels on lockdown, police operation underway |
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| The Schaerbeek area of Brussels is reportedly on lockdown with a police operation underway. | The Schaerbeek area of Brussels is reportedly on lockdown with a police operation underway. |
| Several deployments have taken place in the vicinity of Liedts Square, according to Brussels Nord police, as reported by 7Sur7. | Several deployments have taken place in the vicinity of Liedts Square, according to Brussels Nord police, as reported by 7Sur7. |
| A number of streets had been sealed off and people were escorted back to their homes by police, according to RTL Info. | |
| These streets have now been reopened after police lifted a large security perimeter just before 8 pm, according to RTL Info. | |
| Five tram lines halted services for some time at the order of police. All have now resumed operations, according to Brussels transport operator STIB - MIVB. | |
| The Brussels prosecutor's office has said no more information on the operation will be given tonight. A press briefing on the matter will be held Tuesday at 11am. | The Brussels prosecutor's office has said no more information on the operation will be given tonight. A press briefing on the matter will be held Tuesday at 11am. |
| It’s been speculated, however, that the operation is related to a terrorism investigation. Political journalist Thomas Gadisseux tweeted that significant resources have been deployed as part of an anti-terrorist operation which has been ongoing since the start of the day. | It’s been speculated, however, that the operation is related to a terrorism investigation. Political journalist Thomas Gadisseux tweeted that significant resources have been deployed as part of an anti-terrorist operation which has been ongoing since the start of the day. |
| In October two Belgian police officers were attacked in Schaerbeek by a knife-wielding man in an incident classified as a suspected terrorist act, according to the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office. | |
| READ MORE: Two policemen stabbed in suspected terror attack in Brussels – prosecutors | |
| Schaerbeek is 5km from the mainly-Muslim area of Molenbeek where the Abdeslam brothers, Salah and Brahim, who were behind the Paris terrorist attacks, lived. | |
| The area has been under intense police scrutiny since the November 2015 attacks and has been subject to several anti-terrorist police raids. |