Central Brussels Square Sealed Off After Reports Of Suspicious Man

BRUSSELS: Police sealed off a central square in Brussels and called in a bomb squad after reports of a man wearing a thick winter coat behaving suspiciously, prosecutors said today.

Police were called after sightings of the man with the coat, on a hot summer day, with something that looked like wires coming out from underneath, a spokesman said.

"We decided to take no risks," a police spokesman said.

Belgium is on high alert a day before its national holiday, which police fear could be a target following the attack last week on Bastille Day revellers in Nice, France.