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Paris attacks: Brussels alert stays at highest level | Paris attacks: Brussels alert stays at highest level |
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Brussels will stay on the highest level of terror alert, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel says, amid a manhunt for suspects linked to the Paris attacks. | |
Schools, universities and the metro in the Belgian capital will remain closed on Monday, Mr Michel said. | Schools, universities and the metro in the Belgian capital will remain closed on Monday, Mr Michel said. |
Brussels has been on lockdown all weekend, as police search for suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam. | |
Islamic State militants, some of whom were from Brussels, killed 130 people in Paris on 13 November. | |
Earlier, Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon said the danger to Belgium was not tied to Abdeslam alone. | |
"The threat is broader than the one suspected terrorist," he told Flemish broadcaster VRT. | |
Soldiers joined police officers on patrols in Brussels over the weekend. Many public spaces in the usually bustling capital were deserted, as people heeded official warnings to avoid crowds. |