Terror suspect wearing fake suicide vest is arrested and shopping centre evacuated in Brussels, Belgium (photos)

A terror suspect wearing a fake suicide vest was arrested in the early hours of this morning and the City2 shopping center evacuated in Brussels, Belgium following a bomb alert.

Police were this morning around 5.30 a.m informed about 'suspicious activity' near the City 2 complex and special forces officers were scrambled to the scene, where they arrested a man wearing a fake suicide vest.

 

Prime Minister Charles Michel later called an urgent meeting following the incident.
City 2 shopping complex is one of the biggest shopping centers in Belgium and will have been packed with people later today.

A Brussels police spokesman said:

“Following the warning, police and bomb disposal experts attended the scene. A man was arrested.” The emergency is ongoing. Five underground stations have been shut down, and searches are continuing throughout the area.”

City 2 spokeswoman Veronique Pirson said police said “a package had been found right next to City 2.”