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The number of security cameras in the Brussels-Capital Region is exploding, reports La Dernière Heure.
The collective Stop Sirènes is urging police and other emergency services in the Brussels-Capital Region to be more "sparing" in their use of sirens.
Two police officers in the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek on Wednesday were seriously injured in a knife attack.
Riots broke out on Sunday afternoon at the Beekkant metro station in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, leading to five arrests, reported commissioner Johan Berckmans of the Brussels West police.
The Brussels Airport security personnel will from next year receive the help of a rapid response team (SRT) of police agents specially trained to intervene in the case of suspicious activity.
One of the laboratories of the National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC) in Neder-Over-Heembeek, Brussels, was set on fire last night around 3.00.
A recently passed law in Belgium gives the police access to the images of private cameras in public spaces with an aim to combat crime and terrorism.
In the first half of 2015, unknown thieves stole a total of 80 police and military uniforms, according to VTM Nieuws. Four years ago, by comparison, 284 uniforms disappeared.
Since the deadly terror attacks of 22 March, there have been at least 30 bomb threats reported each month in the Brussels-Capital Region, an average of one per day, writes Bruzz.
