Brussels terror attacks: Belgian police detonate abandoned suitcase near Royal Palace
BRUSSELS police have carried out a controlled explosion on an abandoned suitcase near the Royal Palace amid heightened fears of another attack in the Belgian capital.
By TOM BATCHEL
Express.co.uk
Tue, Mar 22, 2016
Security forces were reportedly called after a British MEP spotted the suspect item on a wall in the centre of Brussels, minutes before multiple terror attacks struck across the city.
UKIP’s defence spokesman Mike Hookem, whose staff alerted the authorities, tweeted a photo of the suitcase.
He said: “My staff had to call the police about an abandoned suitcase outside the palace.”
UKIP press officer Trixy Sanderson, who first spotted the suitcase, told Express.co.uk the item had since been dealt with by the authorities in a controlled explosion by specialist bomb officers.
She said: “Security near the palace is nothing like Buckingham Palace. They’ve got some Belgian soldiers but it is laughable really.
“I asked people around me if this was anyone’s suitcase and people looked at me like I was mad.
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