Brussels train station evacuated after police find two mysterious packages

Gare du Midi train and metro stations were evacuated on Monday after two mysterious packages were found.

Both packages were found on a separate train platform.

Police were carrying out searches at Brussels’ Gare du Midi train and metro stations after two mysterious packages were discovered, authorities said.

****One package was found on platform 20 and another on platform 18 at around 5:20pm, prompting the closure of both the metro and train stations as a precaution.

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All trains travelling to and from Brussels Midi have been suspended, meaning heavy disruption during peak hours.

GB News's Will Godley has been left stranded at Rotterdam Station as a result, and he said: " The atmosphere at the moment is fine, we’ve only been held so far for about 30 minutes.

" [The] Train conductor says he doesn’t have any information at the moment but that there is a bomb threat at the station ahead and we would be here for a while."

DOVO, the army’s bomb disposal unit, has been called in to examine the packages.

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The incident comes a day after Brussels marked 10 years since terrorist bombings in 2016.

Maelbeek metro station was targeted, as well as Brussels Airport in Zaventem, killing 32 people and leaving more than 300 wounded.

The threat level remains “serious” in the Belgian capital.

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