Police deployed at Charleroi city hall after bomb threat
Police were sent to Charleroi's city hall in Belgium on Tuesday after a bomb threat, prosecutors said, with the operation still under way.
Police were deployed inside Charleroi's city hall in Belgium on Tuesday afternoon after a bomb threat, Charleroi prosecutors confirmed, following reports in several Belgian media including La Libre and 7sur7.
The prosecutor's office said the alert had been reported in the mid-afternoon and that police units moved into the building soon afterwards to carry out checks, without giving further detail on how the threat was received.
Judicial authorities said there would be no further comment while the operation was continuing, and did not say whether the building had been evacuated or whether any explosive device had been found.
Dutch-language broadcaster Het Nieuwsblad reported that a large police presence had been sent to the city hall, without giving further detail on the scale of the operation or its eventual outcome.
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What we know
- Police were deployed at Charleroi's city hall on Tuesday after a bomb threat, prosecutors confirmed.
- Judicial authorities said they would not comment further while the operation continued.
- No details on the threat or an evacuation have been released.
Not yet confirmed
- Further details on the threat and the outcome of the police operation, not yet disclosed by authorities.
Why it matters for Europe
The alert adds to a wave of bomb threats against public buildings and flights across Europe this week, none of which have so far been found to involve real devices.
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Questions and answers
- What happened at Charleroi city hall?
- Police were deployed after a bomb threat on Tuesday afternoon, prosecutors confirmed.
- Has the building been evacuated?
- Authorities have not said; they stated there would be no comment while the operation continued.
- Is this linked to other bomb threats this week?
- It is not confirmed to be linked, though it follows a wave of bomb threats against flights and buildings across Europe this week.
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