Brussels to stay in Lockdown "for at least another week"

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

Brussels will keep unprecedented security measures in place for at least another week as it faces an imminent and serious threat of a major terrorist attack, Belgium’s prime minister, Charles Michel, has said.

Anxious inhabitants of the Belgian capital had hoped for a respite from the lockdown that has seen shops, schools and offices shut, public transport restricted, museums and theatres closed, seasonal markets cancelled, and thousands of armed police and soldiers in the streets.

Some measures – such as the closure of schools and the metro – may be lifted on Wednesday, Michel told a press conference on Monday evening. Others will remain, however, and the military deployment will be reinforced.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/23/belgian-authorities-charge-fourth-suspect-terrorism-offences

[jehop61]

1. It's beginning to feell

like the terrorists have reached their objective. They have an entire country cowering in their wake. I question if this is the best way, or should they remain viligent, but go about their business to show the bad guys they are not afraid.

[iandhr]

4. I think the fact the Belgians responded with pictures of their cats on twitter shows the opposite.

[uppityperson]

2. Are food deliveries to stores allowed? Are people using very local small stores? Do people get paid

time off work?

I don't know if I am right in assuming Belgians, like many Europeans, keep minimal food at home, picking it up on the way home instead. I wonder how this will all work for people there, on a practical basis.

[smirkymonkey]

3. They must be going nuts.

Hope people have enough food to get by on.

[MANative]

5. Congrats on your big win, Daesh

Shutting down business, education, and free travel is exactly what they want.