The annual New Year's Eve festivities and fireworks in the heart of Brussels have been cancelled for security reasons, the mayor announced on Wednesday, as the Belgian capital remains on high alert over a possible terror threat.
"Unfortunately we have been forced to cancel the fireworks and all that was planned for tomorrow (Thursday) evening and that would have brought a lot of people together in the centre of Brussels, following a risk analysis by the crisis centre," mayor Yvan Mayeur told Belgian broadcaster RTBF.
Last year, some 100,000 people turned out to watch the traditional New Year's Eve fireworks display at the Place de Brouckere.
Mayeur said in the current circumstances it wasn't possible to "guarantee that we can check everyone coming to the event".
"It's better not to take any risks," he added....
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30/12/15
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"Unfortunately we have been forced to cancel the fireworks and all that was planned for tomorrow (Thursday) evening and that would have brought a lot of people together in the centre of Brussels, following a risk analysis by the crisis centre," mayor Yvan Mayeur told Belgian broadcaster RTBF.
Last year, some 100,000 people turned out to watch the traditional New Year's Eve fireworks display at the Place de Brouckere.
Mayeur said in the current circumstances it wasn't possible to "guarantee that we can check everyone coming to the event".
"It's better not to take any risks," he added....
AFP
ahram.org.eg
30/12/15
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Suite aux attentats à Paris, la capitale belge annule ses festivités du réveillon de la Saint-Sylvestre pour éviter les grands rassemblements du monde et les risques correspondants...
ReplyDelete"Malheureusement, le feu d'artifice et tout ce qui était prévu demain soir et qui devait rassembler beaucoup de monde sur le centre de Bruxelles, nous sommes contraints de l'annuler, compte tenu de l'analyse du risque faite par le centre de crise", a déclaré mercredi le bourgmestre intervenant sur la chaîne publique belge RTBF.
"Il vaut mieux ne pas prendre le risque", a expliqué Yvan Mayeur.
Selon lui, la situation ne permet pas de garantir que l'on a contrôlé tout le monde qui vient sur l'événement.
Pour le Premier ministre Charles Michel, la décision est juste.........http://fr.sputniknews.com/international/20151231/1020682504/bruxelles-festivites-reveillon-saint-sylvestre.html#ixzz3vtTA7KNx
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