Terror suspect in Brussels shopping mall wore a fake suicide vest

A terror suspect created a false bomb alert when he told officers that he was wearing a suicide vest. He was detained at the scene and armed police came on the scene and it transpired that the man was not carrying explosives. In fact, he had strapped on his body around his waist a device full of 'salt and biscuits'. As a precautionary measure, police had descended on the City2 Shopping Mall in the heart of the Belgian capital and taped off surrounding roads and closed down five underground stations.
The authorities are investigating whether it was a practical joke or whether there were sinister motives like checking the preparedness of security system. Prime Minister Charles Michel has called the incident 'very suspicious'.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 21 June 2016.

The incident has come a week after anti-terrorism investigators were alerted to the possibility that small groups of ISIS extremists had left Syria for France and Belgium with plans to stage attacks - including at a shopping mall. Belgium's anti-terror office has already warned police that fighters with access to weapons may have left Syria about 10 days ago for Belgium and France.
Belgium has been on high alert ever since November flowing the massacres in Paris that killed 130 people. Later, on March 22, ISIS bombers targeted Brussels airport and subway and killed 32 people. As a result, extra police and military have been mobilised.


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