The Belgian government raised the terrorist alert level for Brussels to its highest level on Saturday, an indication authorities think an attack is “imminent” amid an ongoing manhunt for the last remaining accused Paris attacker, believed to be still at large in the Belgian capital.
Metro lines were closed and Belgian officials issued an appeal to the local population to avoid crowded places, including “concerts, major events, train stations and airports, public transport [and] places of high commercial concentration”.
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