(Brussels Times) Over a month after two Swedish citizens were killed during a terror attack in Brussels, Belgium will maintain terrorist threat level 3 for now, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
Belgium’s Coordination Body for Threat Assessment (OCAD) decided that threat level 3, which has been in place since the shooting on 16 October, will remain in force for the time being.
“We remain wary of copycats,” said Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. The ongoing investigation also poses a risk. Level 3 is categorised as “serious” and means that the threat is “possible and probable.” After the attack, the OCAD raised the level from 2 to 3 for the first time in over five years.
