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‘Suicide belt’ filled with salt and cookies triggers Brussels scare
[IsraelTimes] After major anti-terror operation, 26-year-old with psychiatric problems admits to making up claim he was kidnapped.A man with psychiatric problems who was carrying a fake suicide belt full of salt and cookies was placed in durance vile Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! Tuesday after he triggered a major anti-terror operation at a Brussels shopping mall, prosecutors said. Belgium remains on high alert after Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... -claimed kabooms in March left 32 people dead at the airport and at a metro station near European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... headquarters buildings. Prosecutors said the 26-year-old man, identified only as J.B., admitted having made up his claim that he had been kidnapped and driven to the City 2 mall in central Brussels fitted with an explosives belt for remote detonation. "After an initial inspection it was confirmed that it contained salt and [cookies]. Any threat of an kaboom has been initially ruled out," prosecutor’s front man Rym Kechiche said in a statement. Police later searched the house of the suspect’s mother where they found the remains of the material used in the fake belt. "The suspect gave a confession and admitted having fabricated his abduction," Kechiche said. The suspect also confessed to having taken at random a license plate number from a car in the street that he alleged was the one in which he was driven, he added. The vehicle’s driver was released following questioning. Prosecutors called for the man to undergo a psychiatric exam and be formally arrested on charges of falsely threatening an attack. "J.B. is known to the authorities for various incidents, including some linked to psychiatric problems," Kechiche said. In one recent incident, he had contacted the police saying he had been urged to leave for Syria to join the Islamic State group. Tuesday’s apparent threat had triggered a massive security operation involving soldiers and police sealing off the shopping center and a nearby Metro station. Prime Minister Charles Michel called an emergency meeting of his security cabinet when the shopping mall alert was ongoing, reflecting the tensions in the country. "The situation is for now under control. We remain vigilant," Michel said after the meeting. The terror alert level in Brussels remained at level three out of four, Belga news agency reported. The City 2 mall had been mentioned in Belgian media in recent days as a possible target for attacks.
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