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| Brussels terror alert: No bomb found | Brussels terror alert: No bomb found |
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| No explosives were found on a man arrested amid an anti-terror operation at a shopping centre in Brussels, the city's prosecutor's office says. | No explosives were found on a man arrested amid an anti-terror operation at a shopping centre in Brussels, the city's prosecutor's office says. |
| The man called police earlier in the morning and said he was wearing explosives, Belgian media report. | The man called police earlier in the morning and said he was wearing explosives, Belgian media report. |
| Streets around the City 2 shopping centre were closed off and a bomb disposal unit sent to the scene. | Streets around the City 2 shopping centre were closed off and a bomb disposal unit sent to the scene. |
| The suspect was wearing a fake suicide belt and is being questioned, the prosecutor's office said. | |
| "For the moment, the situation is under control," Prime Minister Charles Michel said after a meeting the national crisis response centre, according to the Le Soir daily. | "For the moment, the situation is under control," Prime Minister Charles Michel said after a meeting the national crisis response centre, according to the Le Soir daily. |
| He said security services remained "extremely vigilant". | He said security services remained "extremely vigilant". |
| Pictures obtained by Le Soir appear to show the suspect wearing an improvised belt, including wires and a phone. | |
| Belgium's terror alert level remains at three, one step down from a maximum level of four. | Belgium's terror alert level remains at three, one step down from a maximum level of four. |
| City 2 tightened security measures last week in response to media reports of a heightened threat to shopping centres based on an internal police memo. | |
| Bomb attacks on Brussels airport and the city's metro killed 32 people in March and were claimed by the Islamic State group. | Bomb attacks on Brussels airport and the city's metro killed 32 people in March and were claimed by the Islamic State group. |