Brussels Maintains Maximum Threat Level for Second Day, Belgium On Alert

Belgium will maintain the highest terror alert level for the capital of Brussels for a third day Monday, indicating a “serious and imminent” threat of attack, the country’s prime minister said.

 

Brussels would remain under a threat level four on a four-tier scale, meaning public transportation and schools would remain shuttered, said Prime Minister Charles Michel Sunday. The rest of the country would remain at a threat-level three, he said after a national security meeting.

 

“I indicated yesterday that what we are concerned about an attack similar to the one that was carried out in Paris involving several individuals and maybe targeting attacks on several sites simultaneously,” Michel said. He said additional precautions taken Monday would mean many public events would be canceled.

 

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