Suspect package near EU Parliament

times of malta Belgian police blew up a suspect bag near the European Parliament yesterday after an alert was raised by security guards in a nearby building.

Police used a remote-controlled robot to take the black bag out of the building and blow it up on a sealed-off section of a normally busy avenue.

A sharp crack sounded in the European district of Brussels as the robot blew up the bag. Two men in army fatigues later took photos of the exploded bag and picked at its contents.

A packed lunch and a copy of the EU constitution?

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