The afternoon evacuation of the largest station in Brussels – Midi – complicated rail traffic on Monday. Only a day after the tenth anniversary of the deadly terrorist attacks, suspicious bags were found at the station, informs TASR based on a Reuters report.
The authorities closed the station after finding one suspicious bag on the train and another on the platform, clarified the spokesperson of the police. In his words, bags the police and a special military pyrotechnic unit investigated. The Belga agency later reported that their content was harmless.
It passes through the Midi train station most trains in the Belgian capital, but on Monday from around 5:30 p.m. not a single train arrived or departed, announced the spokesman of the state railway operator SNCB Vincent Bayer.
The station is part of the main high-speed rail transport hub connecting Brussels, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Germany. The Midi metro station is also closed. “It is not yet clear how long the disruption will last. We are awaiting further information from the police,” SNCB said on its website.
The Reuters agency reminds that On March 22, 2016, coordinated bombings killed 32 people and injured 340 others. The attack was carried out by militants from the Islamic State organization at the Brussels airport and the Maalbeek metro station. Belgium’s King Philippe and the country’s top officials paid tribute to the victims of the attack at the metro station and at the airport on Sunday.
