Belgium terror alert halts New Year fireworks in Brussels

December 31, 2015 09:34

New Year fireworks and festivities have been cancelled in the Belgian capital, Brussels, because of a terror alert. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said the decision had been taken "given information we have received".

Earlier in the week, police arrested two people suspected of planning attacks during the festive season. Belgium has been on high alert since the terror attacks of November 13 in Paris. Several of the perpetrators are thought to have been based in Belgium.

Last month, Brussels was placed under a four-day lockdown closing universities, schools and the metro system, amid fears of a Paris-style attack.The shootings and bombings in the French capital left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded.

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