BELGIUM: Belgian train stations evacuated after police receive calls warning of bomb threats

Record ID: 356306

  • Title: BELGIUM: Belgian train stations evacuated after police receive calls warning of bomb threats
  • Date: 5th January 2008
  • Summary: (W1) BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (JANUARY 4, 2008) (REUTERS) A POLICE VAN DRIVING TOWARDS BRUSSELS TRAIN CENTRAL STATION. THE POLICE VAN PASSING BY THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE TRAIN STATION POLICE IN THE MAIN HALL OF THE STATION WHERE JUST A FEW PASSENGERS CAN BE SEEN. POLICE IN FRONT OF THE TIMETABLE BOARD INSIDE THE STATION. POLICE IN THE STEPS STEPS IN THE MAIN HALL OF THE CENTRAL S
  • Embargoed: 20th January 2008 12:00
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  • Location: Belgium
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA2PNHSGDUFPW7P1OEVLSK99QMG
  • Story Text: Trains in several Belgian cities including Brussels were stopped for up to an hour on Friday (January 4) and some stations were evacuated after police received hoax bomb threats by telephone.
    Police said stations in Louvain and Antwerp had to be evacuated to be swept for bombs, while the central station in Brussels was checked by a dog trained to find explosives.
    Belgium, which hosts NATO and European Union institutions, relaxed security on Thursday (January 3) after a two-week state of alert prompted by the uncovering of an apparent Islamist plot to free an al Qaeda suspect from jail.
    Fourteen suspected Islamic militants had briefly been detained and Brussels cancelled its traditional New Year fireworks display because of a perceived threat.
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