Police examine threat against Brussels metro
Police and security staff are extra vigilant
today following threats of a terrorist outrage against the Brussels metro
system. Federal police have carried out
a ‘sweeping operation’ checking the entire system last night. All stations remain open.
“We received an email threatening an attack
against one of the Brussels metro lines” says the federal police’s An Berger. “It wasn’t sent directly to us, but the addressee
forwarded the email to us. We took the
threat extremely seriously and carried out a full sweeping. Nothing untoward was found. Our services remain vigilant today”.
Brussels prosecutors have opened an investigation. As long as it is underway no further details
will be divulged. “The chance of an attack really taking place is not thought
to be very likely” says Willemien Baert of the prosecutor’s office.
On Twitter the Brussels local transport
company says an attack is unlikely: “Analysis by the security services reveals
that the threat to the Brussels metro is unlikely. As a precaution police are extra vigilant. Extra measures are not required at the minute”.
