Police surround suspected terrorist in ‘bomb alert’ in Brussels

A person wearing a long coat, with wires coming out, is considered the suspect,” Brussels police spokesperson Ilse de Keere said, as quoted by Le Soir media outlet.

Christian De Coninck, a spokesman for the Brussels-Ixelle police, stressed to VTM that the man’s attire is “not normal at these temperatures,” adding that special units would examine “what exactly is under the jacket.”

A bomb squad is at the scene, and shops in the vicinity have been evacuated.

Several streets are currently blocked.

Police say the suspect is “under control,” but has not yet been detained.

Photos from the spot show a man kneeling with his hands up, surrounded at gunpoint by security services.

The man was reported by a security guard from a private security company, according to VTM. 

It comes just four months after terror attacks on the Belgian capital left 32 people killed and more than 300 injured at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek metro station. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.

A gruesome terror attack in Nice, France, left 84 people dead and over 300 injured last week, when the driver of a truck plowed down spectators of a Bastille Day fireworks show. IS claimed responsibility.

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