An anti -terrorist operation took place in Brussels, the security forces were in chemical protection costumes

In the capital of Belgium Brussels on Saturday, a large -scale police special operation was held. According to eyewitnesses, in addition to police special forces, snipers and sappers, in the area of ​​its conduct were "special units in chemical or radiological protection costumes." At about 16:00, the media reported the end of the searches and the detention of one person.

The place of the operation was the commune of Etterbek. TASS, citing the RTL TV channel, reports that dozens of police officers searched the area near a large trading warehouse. People from the surrounding houses were evacuated, the territory is cordoned off. About 50 security officials participated in the search.

After 16:00 Moscow time. Special forces of the federal police, snipers and sappers left the Etterbek commune. At the same time, the forces of the local police and the perimeter of safety remained in place.

Various Belgian media have repeatedly reported attempts by Brussels terrorists to access materials to create a radiological or bacteriological weapon, but no one officially confirmed this information.

On Friday, the Federal Prosecutor's Office announced the arrest in the Uderlecht commune of six suspects in terrorist activities, including the alleged key participants in the attacks in Paris on November 13 and in Brussels on March 22, Muhammad Abrini and Usama Uralsh. In the morning on Saturday in Brussels , another suspect was detained in connection with the terrorist attacks on March 22.

Anti -terrorism operations are carried out in recent days in Brussels almost daily.

On the morning of March 22, two explosions thundered at Brussels Airport and another at the Malbek metro station in the Euro -Card of the capital of Belgium. According to the latest official figures, 32 people were killed, about 340 more were injured. The police established the individuals of the three suicide bombers who committed explosions. At the airport, surveillance cameras recorded another person who accompanied the militants, on which there was light clothes and a hat. It is considered the organizer of attacks.