Shopping Mall Evacuated In Brussels After Bomb Threat

 

 

After a bomb threat and a terror suspect 'possibly wearing an explosive belt', a shopping centre in central Brussels has been evacuated though the  suspect was arrested.

Police have descended on the City2 retail centre in the heart of the Belgian capital and taped off surrounding roads. Officers arrested a man at the scene before a bomb squad were called in amid reports the man was carrying explosives. 

The incident comes a week after anti-terrorism investigators were alerted to the possibility that small groups of ISIS extremists had left Syria for France and Belgium with plans to stage attacks - including at a shopping mall.