This doesn’t sound very good:
CNN BREAKING: Belgium raises terror alert to "highest level" in Brussels; "serious and imminent threat"
— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) November 21, 2015
Citing an “imminent threat,” Belgium raises terror alert to highest level https://t.co/Cccsd1fM6G pic.twitter.com/ukDBsyTzWQ
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) November 21, 2015
Urges citizens to avoid crowded areas such as concerts and transport hubs. #Belgium https://t.co/DP0N1l7PT2
— Molly Hunter (@mollymhunter) November 21, 2015
More from CNN:
If people take the terror alert seriously, Brussels will be “shut down tomorrow,” CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruickshank said.
“It suggests they have something specific and credible at the intelligence front pointing them in the direction that there may be a terrorist plot in the works,” he said. “It also suggests they don’t have a handle on it, that they don’t know where these plotters are or where they’re coming from.”
Here’s why. “Belgium has the highest proportion of Syrian fighters as a share of its population” in all of Europe:
Belgium has the highest proportion of Syrian fighters as a share of its population https://t.co/fuhxlfy4Cg pic.twitter.com/0iv6RKsta1
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 20, 2015
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