A “heavily armed” man was spotted in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium, sparking a terror alert and a large-scale police search: In the end, however, it turned out that the suspected attacker was just a young, smartly dressed cosplayer visiting a comic fair. This is a fact that reveals a lot about the climate […]
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A man “heavily armed” was spotted in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Belgiumtriggering one Terror alert It is a large-scale search the police: In the end, however, it turned out that the alleged attacker was just one young cosplayer, dressed up to attend a comic book convention. This is a fact that reveals a lot about the climate of tension that exists in Belgium after the attack in Brussels on October 16th in which two Swedes died.
As the Belgian agency reports, citing local police, it all started when a resident of the city not far from Brussels posted a message on social media. photo of the armed young man. “Because of the current high level of terrorist threat“We immediately launched a large-scale search,” said Police Commissioner Wannes Monteyne. “We were able to identify the man from the recordings Cameras Closed circuit. His father also got in touch.”
However, it was only one false alarm: behind what turned out to be a costume a teenager lurked on the way to one Comic Fair in the city of Ghent, where many visitors dress up as science fiction or fantasy characters. Hence the warning from the Commissioner who called on citizens to do this Don’t go out in public in a costume of this kind given the situation in which the country finds itself.