The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company announced Thursday that all its subway lines will reopen Friday (November 27) and bus lines will operate normally.
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During the weekend, Brussels went on lockdown after the Belgian capital city went into maximum security alert mode on Saturday in response to a potential terrorist attack.
Also on Thursday, officials lowered Brussels’ terror alert to level 3 from the highest possible level, a 4, that had been in effect for days. Belgium’s deputy prime minister stated in that the step down was approved by the crisis center answerable for analyzing the threat level. By bringing it down to a 3, that sets Brussels in line with the rest of the country. The government said at the time it had averted an imminent attack.
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The seven people who were inside the mosque where several envelopes containing the white powder of undetermined chemical composition were found, are now undergoing decontamination, with no apparent symptoms according to Le Libre. A lab team was sent immediately to the Grand Mosque as well as a bomb disposal team as a precautionary measure. The tests on the powder have get back destructive & the substance was believed to be flour or talc, the spokesman told ABC News source. Police have executed a number of raids and searches over the past two weeks and have charged five people with terrorism offences linked to the Paris attacks.
