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| Brussels alert due to radiation student | Brussels alert due to radiation student |
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| A large police operation in the Belgian capital which lasted all afternoon was a false alarm, officials say. | A large police operation in the Belgian capital which lasted all afternoon was a false alarm, officials say. |
| Police were called following reports that a man was acting suspiciously and wearing a coat with wires protruding. | Police were called following reports that a man was acting suspiciously and wearing a coat with wires protruding. |
| The operation has ended and the man was apparently a student of nuclear radiation at a university in Ghent. | |
| The city was on high alert ahead of Belgium's National Day on Thursday. An attack in Nice on France's Bastille Day last week left 84 people dead. | The city was on high alert ahead of Belgium's National Day on Thursday. An attack in Nice on France's Bastille Day last week left 84 people dead. |
| Christian De Coninck of Brussels police said officers could not take any risks: "This person was covered in plates, metal plates, or something that could be explosives. | Christian De Coninck of Brussels police said officers could not take any risks: "This person was covered in plates, metal plates, or something that could be explosives. |
| "In the end it turned out to be a student. He was researching radiation and radioactivity in the city. | "In the end it turned out to be a student. He was researching radiation and radioactivity in the city. |
| "The way he reacted was totally abnormal, which is why we had to use all these means," Mr De Coninck said. | "The way he reacted was totally abnormal, which is why we had to use all these means," Mr De Coninck said. |
| The bomb squad was called, shops evacuated and several streets closed. | The bomb squad was called, shops evacuated and several streets closed. |
| The BBC's Gavin Lee in Brussels says police negotiated with the man for an hour before he was arrested. | The BBC's Gavin Lee in Brussels says police negotiated with the man for an hour before he was arrested. |
| Thirty-two people were killed in bomb attacks in Brussels earlier this year. | Thirty-two people were killed in bomb attacks in Brussels earlier this year. |
| Last month, a man was arrested amid an anti-terror operation at a shopping centre in the city. Prosecutors said he was wearing a fake suicide belt containing salt and biscuits. | Last month, a man was arrested amid an anti-terror operation at a shopping centre in the city. Prosecutors said he was wearing a fake suicide belt containing salt and biscuits. |