Belgium has placed Brussels at the highest terror alert level, citing a "serious and imminent threat” as Prime Minister Charles Michel warned of the risk of attacks in the Belgian capital similar to those that happened in Paris eight days earlier, the French language daily Belgian newspaper Le Soir reported on Friday.
"A group of several people planned to attack several sites across the capital,” Michel said at a news conference following a meeting with key Cabinet members.
“The level four was set for Brussels based on a serious and imminent threat,” the Premier added.
The move meant the city’s metro system was closed until Sunday, some tram stations stopped operating and soldiers were deployed outside the entrances of many hotels and throughout the capital.
It came a week after a series of terrorist attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead and which the French authorities have said were plotted in Brussels.
