Brussels on lockdown over terror threats

Belgian vice Prime Minister Didier Reynders has revealed that authorities in Belgium are searching for “one and more individuals with weapons, explosives.”
He further revealed that the country has raised the terror alert to the highest level in the capital city of Brussels.
“The threat is imminent, precise, we’re talking about possible attacks by several individuals, heavily armed, so obviously in parallel we are looking for one and more individuals with weapons, explosives,” Vice Prime Minister Dider Reynders said on Belgian television RTL.
“An investigation is ongoing and we can’t say more, we must avoid disrupting it,” he said. “What I can say is that there’s a real threat and that’s why we raised the level to 4, and why we’ve taken security measures. Investigators are looking for individuals who have the capability of committing such attacks.”

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According to the Belgian crisis center, terror alert levels for the Brussels region has been raised to a level 4, while a level 3 remains in place for the rest of the country.
NATO said it raised the security level at its Brussels headquarters following the Paris attacks, and today, after the Brussels terror alert increase, NATO said its “staff and their families have been recommended to avoid public transport and gatherings.”

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