The European Parliament warns its employees to avoid metro stations and a shopping center in the European capital that houses the European Institutions and the NATO Headquarters, on suspicion of a bomb attack.
In an internal message issued, that the TSF had access, the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Security identifies two precise locations that were “mentioned as potential targets”, namely “The City 2” shopping center and “Rogier metro station”.
“European Parliament officials in Brussels are asked to maintain their usual vigilance and avoid the area, as well as the metro,” read the note issued by the European Parliament.
The US embassy in Brussels is also warning US citizens about the possibility of an attack in the Belgian capital.
In particular, the security alert on the embassy website calls for avoiding “crowded” areas and paying special “attention” to surrounding areas.
The Belgian press advances that the alert originated in a notification from the European Commission, addressed to the Belgian authorities, after their security services intercepted a message, “written in Russian”, indicating precise objectives to carry out an attack in Brussels.
According to the newspaper Le SoirBelgian police say they take the threat “very seriously”, and have already carried out inspections “with police dogs capable of detecting explosives”. The investigations carried out “were negative”, not detecting signs of explosives.
“But we remain very vigilant, all police services are on high alert,” quotes the newspaper, which also points out that the Federal Attorney’s Office has already opened an investigation to identify the author or authors of the bomb attack threat.
Source: TSF
