Brussels: Laeken Park Temporarily Evacuated to Blow up a Shell

At the end of the afternoon, police officers intervened in Laeken Park and ordered those present to step back several hundred metres. ...

A shell dating from the First World War was found this Thursday afternoon in the canal. A few minutes later, the nearby Laeken Park was evacuated. Back to the events. It is 2:16 p.m. on Thursday when the Brussels-Capital/Ixelles police receive a report from the maritime guard concerning the presence of a shell in the canal. 的A magneto-fisherman had recovered a shell of about 30 cm heavily oxidized, on the Vilvorde roadway, behind the Van Praet B…