The Brussels metro was partially closed Tuesday afternoon as police examine a bomb menace within the metropolis middle.
“There are three stations closed — De Brouckere, Bourse, Annessens — due to an ongoing police search, the alert began round 3:35 p.m. and the metro service isn’t interrupted, however the trains are usually not stopping on the stated stations,” a spokesperson from metro operator STIB stated.
“We are able to at the moment verify that we’ve got evacuated the realm across the Palace cinema and the close by metro stations attributable to a bomb menace and are looking out,” stated police spokesperson Linda Camarero-Verde, in keeping with public broadcaster VRT.
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