Police in Belgium, shut down several busy streets in Brussels, after a
man claimed that he was kidnapped and wrapped with a bomb belt.
The suspect called police around 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, and told them he
had been kidnapped and that someone else was going to detonate his
explosive belt.
Police immediately went to the shopping center, where they identified
the man as J.B. The shopping center and surrounded streets were closed
as police cars surrounded the outside entrance to the building.
The subway system in the city was also shut down. The suspect also said that he had been incited to join ISIS in Syria.
Police arrested the suspect and they seized his bomb belt, which
contained cookies and salt, but no explosives. After police realized
that the incident was just a hoax, they reopened the shopping center.
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