“The justice minister said it was important to prevent the risk of suicide so that Salah Abdeslam can be judged”, Georges Salines, the head of a victims group and father of a young woman who was killed at the Bataclan concert hall, told reporters.
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– “We realize we face a tragic moment”. statement from Belgium’s royal family.
Meanwhile, German authorities have stepped up security measures at airports, train stations and the borders with Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg following explosions in Brussels, a spokesman for the federal police said on Tuesday.
In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron said he was “shocked and concerned” by the events in Brussels and promised his country would do everything to help.
French President Francois Hollande was meeting earlier with his Interior Minister. Airports across Europe tightened security.
Worldwide rail services to Brussels from Paris and London were also cancelled. This has significantly increased security concerns as it appears European Union leaders are about to make some hard decisions amid new and growing jihadist terror threats.
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Following Tuesday’s bloodshed in Brussels, Hollande spoke with Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel, and the two exchanged “information, intelligence” and discussed “questions of police and security cooperation”, his office said. “The world must stand united to defeat terrorism”. “So once again I want to emphasize the importance of joint efforts that we have to put in a determined fight against [extremism]”.
