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Brussels to remain at highest alert level for a week
The State Department said the U.S.is exchanging information with allies about threats of worldwide terrorism.
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Meanwhile Americans on their travels have been warned to be vigilant to possible terror attacks from Islamic State and other extremist groups.
Laurent Cipriani/AP Mourners pay respect to the victims of the Paris attacks at the Place de la Republique Sunday.
A police source fears that Abdeslam, who is said to have travelled from Paris to Belgium shortly after the French massacre of 130 people, could be “trapped and desperate” in Brussels.
One of the suspected Islamic State militants behind the attacks, Salah Abdeslam, is believed to have passed through the Montrouge suburb sometime after the coordinated assaults began. The brother of one of the Paris terrorist attackers may have ditched his explosive belt and abandoned his mission.
In one incident, police fired on a auto that was later found in Brussels, But Mr van der Sypt said, it was not clear if it was linked to the case. “The potential targets remain the same; shopping centers and shopping streets and public transport”.
Belgium has been at the heart of investigations into the Paris attacks since French law enforcement bodies said two of the suicide bombers had lived there.
As the city tries to deal with the threat of a terrorist strike, authorities have urged people to remain calm but vigilant.
At present, Abdeslam is essentially the world’s most wanted man.
The federal prosecutor said a fourth person among the 21 detained following raids on Sunday and Monday had been charged with terrorism offences related to the Paris attacks. The prosecutor said: “It is not uncommon, during large-scale search operations, to bring in several people merely for thorough questioning or to clarify why they were found on the searched premises”.
Brussels is more accustomed to the toing and froing of European diplomats than to truckloads of soldiers patrolling the streets.
“Michel cited a “serious and imminent” threat” to the city, which houses the headquarters of the European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, and said the rest of the country would stay at the second-highest level.
A soldier patrols a shopping strip that would usually be humming with Christmas visitors.
Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon told the RTL network that Abdeslam “must have a lot of support on our territory”.
Authorities planned to reopen schools and the metro on Wednesday. The city has been locked down since the weekend. Hollande is also due to visit Washington and Moscow this week.
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The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has 26 fighter aircraft, tripling France’s capacity to carry out strikes. Three additional raids were carried out south of the capital in Charleroi.