- A large police operation in the Belgian capital which lasted all afternoon was a false alarm, officials say.
- Situation Muntplein cleared, suspect was student doing research on radioactivity inside Brussels, police said they feared explosives
- Police say they have the suspect under control
- Several hours after the stand-off began, police tweeted that the situation was “unchanged”.
- Police in Brussels say they have surrounded a man who was behaving suspiciously and wearing a heavy winter coat with protruding wires.
Brussels bomb alert was ‘false alarm’:
A large police operation in the Belgian capital which lasted all afternoon was a false alarm, officials say. The operation has ended and the man was apparently a student of nuclear radiation at university in Brussels.
Situation #Muntplein cleared, suspect was student doing research on radioactivity inside #Brussels, police said they feared explosives
— Roeland Roovers (@r0eland) July 20, 2016
There are reports coming in of a potential bomb threat in Brussels – Police are currently engaged in a standoff. The situation has been ongoing for several hours and Police are currently stating that the situation remains unchanged.
A man wearing a heavy winter coat with protruding wires was reported as acting suspicious, the BBC Reports:
Police in Brussels say they have surrounded a man who was behaving suspiciously and wearing a heavy winter coat with protruding wires.
A large police operation is underway near Place de la Monnaie in the centre of the Belgian capital.
Several hours after the stand-off began, police tweeted that the situation was “unchanged”.
The bomb squad is present. Shops nearby have been evacuated and several streets are closed.
Photos from the scene show a man kneeling with his hands up, while police point their guns at him.
We will keep you posted with any further details.