Belgian police arrested 16 people in anti-terror raids but suspected Paris attacks gunman Salah Abdeslam remains at large, the authorities said. A total of 22 raids were carried out on Sunday across Brussels and Charleroi, BBC quoted Belgian prosecutor Eric van der Sypt as saying.
Meanwhile, Belgians have posted pictures of cats on Twitter, thinking it to be the best way possible reaction to the terror lockdown currently in place in Brussels.
Using the hashtag #BrusselsLockdown, they have flooded the social network with pictures and information about cats with an objective to bury any tweets about police anti-terror operations in the city.
Don’t share info on situation #BrusselsLockdown that may help suspects. Confuse them with #cat pics @lopcute pic.twitter.com/0MlbjgCF4v
— Seimen Burum (@SeimenBurum) November 22, 2015
“I got this” #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/l97iQz47Pb
— Lore De Witte (@loredewitte) November 22, 2015
#BrusselsLockdown en live. pic.twitter.com/z9qVWhtMA9
— Delphine Jory (@Ladyblogue) November 22, 2015
#BrusselsLockdown CodeNameSpinner pic.twitter.com/1KG0GePEN5
— anna-rose phipps (@lopcute) November 22, 2015
Don’t worry super cat is here #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/ocou9Bagly
— Amit Bhat (@amitbhatr) November 22, 2015
In the mean time in Belgium .. #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/G6nEvli3o8
— ElisabettaCanalis (@JustElisabetta) November 23, 2015
Fierce Belgian Police Squad in action. They will hunt you down! #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/uRxCnok5Vn
— Yameli Mera (@YMera_) November 23, 2015