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Report highlights "insufficient" security at Belgian PM's office and residence

Xinhua, November 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Belgian federal police report has warned of "insufficient" security measures at the prime minister's office, requiring urgent modifications in the coming weeks, local media reported on Saturday.

According to Flemish newspaper De Tijd, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has received a report which claims that it would be too easy for someone with the wrong intentions to gain access to his office building, which is the nerve centre for the Belgian federal government, as well as to the prime minister's residence, the Lambermont.

The paper added that major modifications were being made to security at both buildings in the coming weeks. The nature of the works has not been disclosed as a precaution.

Belgium's terror threat analysis body Ocam recently downgraded the risk of an attack against the prime minister from level 3 to 2+, meaning Michel is no longer entitled to protection from State Security Service bodyguards.

De Tijd added that Michel disagrees with the downgraded threat status and has decided to pay for the bodyguards himself. Endit