An area around the European Parliament in Brussels has been shut down following yet another security scare in a European capital.
Reports are emerging on Twitter that the Rue du Parnasse near the Place du Luxembourg has been evacuated and cordoned off this morning, with armed police responding to a suspicious “red van”.
The hotel served as a venue for the recent POLITICO Playbook Breakfast featuring UKIP leader Nigel Farage.
The news comes a day after more raids took place in the Brussels ‘no go zone’ of Molenbeek – the home to the mastermind of the Paris Attacks last week.
The incident, now believed to have been resolved, was thought to have been sparked by a report by the U.S. embassy.
#Brussels is going crazy. Again police is suspicious of a bomb embedded somewhere in #PlatzLuxpic.twitter.com/j8wl2kJsEG
— Ebubekir ISIK (@isik_ebubekir) November 20, 2015
Bomb threat at centre of Brussels. Where are you @cnnbrk ? pic.twitter.com/4zEFv0zR59
— Gonçalo Granado (@GGranado) November 20, 2015
More police and armed soldiers (out of shot) have arrived at scene. pic.twitter.com/XY8hfOXKD2
— Simon Marks (@MarksSimon) November 20, 2015
Street cordoned off for bomb scare near EU parliament. Suspect red van parked there for 3 days, bystanders say. pic.twitter.com/TAUuU30WOk — Simon Marks (@MarksSimon) November 20, 2015
#Brussels is going crazy. Again police is suspicious of a bomb embedded somewhere in #PlatzLux pic.twitter.com/j8wl2kJsEG
— Ebubekir ISIK (@isik_ebubekir) November 20, 2015
Evacuation underway just next to European Parliament in #Brussels pic.twitter.com/QK5oewtNWr
— Alison A (@AlisonBrux) November 20, 2015
@AlisonBrux @patriceleprince @ArthurNeslen US embassy sent an alert saying there was a suspicious vehicle near Renaissance Hotel
— Craig Winneker (@CraigWinneker) November 20, 2015