
Brussels schools opened after a four -day break and began to work under the protection of police officers armed with machine guns. It is reported by Associated Press.
The leadership of schools sent a letter to parents with a description of security measures adopted in the territory of educational institutions. According to AP, schoolchildren will be forbidden to gather in large quantities or play behind the walls of schools.
It is also reported that in the Belgian capital, despite the current highest level of a terrorist threat, the metro began to work . At the same time, it is expected that the level of threat will remain at least until November 30, if fundamental changes occur in the situation.
The level of terrorist threat was increased by the Belgian authorities on November 21 in connection with a series of terrorist attacks in Paris. Then the country's Prime Minister Charles Michelle said that the country's authorities received information about the possibility of a terrorist attack in Paris in Belgium. Later, the head of the Belgian Ministry of Internal Affairs Yang Yambon said that the police are looking for 10 people suspected of terrorism.
Then mass events were canceled in Brussels, shopping and entertainment centers, concert halls, museums and cinemas were closed.
A series of six terrorist attacks occurred in Paris on the night of November 13-4. As a result, 129 people died, including one Russian woman, and more than 200 were injured.