An anti -terrorist operation took place in the center of Brussels

At about 20:00 local time in the center of the Belgian capital, an anti -terrorist operation began. Eyewitnesses reported a significant presence of the army and the police in the area of ​​Grand Plass Square. The teams sounded from the loudspeaker not to approach the windows, TASS reports with reference to the RTBF television channel. There is also information that the Radisson Blue hotel was blocked by special services, located 300 meters from the square.

The local RTL television channel specified that the military cordoned off the area of ​​the square, the movement of buses in the entire central district of Brussels was stopped.

After about four hours, the operations in the Brussels region ended, a senior source told AFP about this. As a result of law enforcement officers, 16 people were detained, another was injured, TASS reports. However, according to the DH publication, the main suspect - Salah Abdelam - the lawyers could not be detained.

The secrecy with which the measures are taking place to capture the suspects in terrorism is caused by the corresponding requirement of the authorities for local media. So, on Twitter of the Belgian police, calls for journalists and the general public were published on the air on the air and on social networks.

Earlier on Sunday, the Belgian body of coordination and threat analysis decided to maintain the level of a terrorist threat in Brussels at the highest - fourth - mark, Prime Minister Charles Michel said on Sunday evening at a press conference. This level means a serious and closest threat.

“We have information that force you to think that the potential goal is a place of active visit. We think, for example, about shopping centers, about shopping streets, about public transport,” Michelle (quote for Interfax agency) explained that additional police and military forces will be deployed to prevent the Parisian script.

The number of mass events will be reduced, the metro will be closed to a new hazard assessment on Monday. Brussels schools will not open on Monday - the children will stay at home. According to the prime minister, the investigation continues around the clock without interruptions. The authorities are continuously monitoring the situation. “Everything is undertaken to return to the normal course of life, as soon as possible,” Michel concluded.

Earlier it became known that Belgium began an investigation against 10 people suspected of preparing a series of terrorist attacks in the country, similar to those that occurred in Paris on November 13. It is assumed that terrorists prepared several simultaneous attacks in different places of the Belgian capital, as well as in Flanders. According to local media, criminals are well provided with weapons and have a significant arsenal of explosives.

It should be noted that in Belgium they are now also looking for the eighth participant in the French attacks of Salah Abdelama , who managed to flee the country on the day of attacks on the French capital. At the same time, the accomplice of the terrorist, who at that moment was with him in the same car, was detained by the police, and stated that Salah could have a suicide borough with him.

Meanwhile, the French police continues the investigation of terrible terrorist attacks. So, a photograph of one of the terrorists appeared on the Twitter of law enforcement, who blew himself up near Stade de France. At the same time, his name is not called, the authorities are asked to provide them with any information that will identify the suicide bomber.

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A series of terrorist attacks in Paris occurred on Friday, November 13. Terrorists opened shooting in several areas of the city, including in the restaurant Le Petit Cambodge. Three explosions sounded next to the Stade de France stadium, where a friendly match of the football teams of France and Germany was held, which was attended by French President Francois Hollande. In addition, at the Rock concert at the Bataclan Theater, criminals captured hostages. According to the latest data, 130 people died in a series of terrorist attacks, more than 350 were injured.

Throughout the last week, more than 30 anti -terrorist raids were held in Brussels, during which 22 people were detained. Of these, five were arrested, the rest were released after interrogations. Searches are concentrated in the northern commune of Brussels, Molenbek. Two Parisian terrorists lived there - the Salah brothers and Ibrahim Abdelama, as well as the organizer of the Atki Abdelhamid Abaud, liquidated by the French intelligence services during the operation in Saint -Denis.