(VOVworld) – European Union Justice and Home Affairs ministers on Thursday have called for quick agreement on stalled plans to share strategic intelligence on terrorism after three suicide attacks in Brussels in March 22nd.
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Dutch Interior Minister Ronald Plasterk listens to his Belgian counterpart Jan Jambon (R) during an extraordinary meeting of European Union interior and justice ministers following Tuesday's bombings in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)
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At emergency talks in Brussels on Thursday, the Ministers agreed to increase as a matter of urgency the systematic feeding, consistent use, and interoperability of international databases in the fields of security, travel, and migration. The ministers expressed their commitment to measures, aimed at detecting fake identity documents being used by the jihadist network. They also agreed to try to curb financial support of terrorism.
The same day the Belgian threat analysis committee OCAM lowered the terror alert in Brussels from four - the highest level to level three, which means the terror threat is considered “possible and probable”. On Friday, the 38 metro lines in Brussels resumed operation from 7am to 7pm.
The Islamic State militant group released a new propaganda video on Thursday urging Muslims to rise up and fight Western 'disbelievers', while claiming responsibility for Brussels attacks. The 9-minute video says Belgium was among the first countries to join the coalition to fight IS in the Middle East. It showed footage of the training of the Belgian jihadists suspected of carrying out the suicide bombing and shooting attacks in Paris last November, which left 130 people dead.