Alert in Brussels for a bomb threat written in Russian

There European Commission informed the police that he had received a e-mail written in Russian concerning a possible attack in the Brussels metro for this Wednesdaywhich has triggered an investigation despite claiming the threat is “not credible”.

the french newspaper The evening indicated that the investigation is in the hands of the Brussels public prosecutor’s office, while the Crisis Center is monitoring the situation and that the federal police (railway police) have carried out checks in the metro during the night. Patrols have been reinforced to guarantee the safety of citizens.

The Crisis Center indicated that “the Coordination Body for Threat Analysis (OCAM) has assessed this threat as unlikely” and that “no further action is necessary” as it continues to monitor near the situation.

According to the report by the European Commission’s security services, consulted by The evening, a person contacted the European institution by e-mail twice recently. Its first mailing of February 16 contained nothing alarming, while the second sent on March 3 was clearly a threatening message: “As the EU continues its aggressive policy, I would like to warn of the beginning of massive terrorist attacks on EU territory,” he announces in Russian.

SO warns against the “elimination” of the “LGBT and other minorities” community and attacks on heads of state and government. Finally, the email ends with a specific threat: “On March 8, the Brussels metro will be operated between Yser and Rogier(two stations on the northern section of the metro).

Police said they took the threat seriously. “We did a scan with police dogs able to detect explosives it was negative, but we remain very vigilant, all the police services are on alert”, he informed The evening.

European Union (EU) defense ministers are discussing at an informal meeting on Wednesday how to urgently provide Ukraine with the ammunition it needs to undertake the counter-offensive against the Russian invasion, but the meeting takes place in Stockholm.

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