Metro services and schools reopen in Brussels as new Paris suspect named

Stations on Brussels’ metro have re-opened after the system was shut down following fears of a Paris-style attack. Police and security services will be deployed to guard the network as it is gradually opened and troops will continue to patrol the streets. City schools which closed following police raids at the weekend are also expected to open, but Brussels’ maximum security alert will be extended until next Monday.

It’s like we are in a war. It’s not a good thing for the children, for the teachers, for everybody.

Molenbeek school teacher Nadine Rosa-Rossa

Belgium’s state prosecutor also announced that an international arrest warrant had been issued for Mohamed Abrini, who was seen with prime suspect Salah Abdeslam two days before the attacks. Meanwhile, police have said the man thought to have been the ringleader of the attacks returned to the Bataclan concert hall while police were still there. City prosecutor Francois Molins said phone records showed that Abdelhamid Abaaoud went back to the theatre where 89 people were shot dead, as an operation to free hostages was ongoing.

This allows us to think that Abaaoud returns to the crime scenes following the attacks on terraces of the cafes and restaurants of the 10th and 11th districts while (special police) were still taking action at the Bataclan.

City prosecutor Francois Molins

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