Suspected anthrax alert reported at mosque in Belgium capital

Several envelopes containing white powder, suspected of "anthrax", reached Thursday at the Great Mosque of Brussels located in the Cinquantenaire Park, the television channel RTBF reported.

Firefighters, ambulances are on site and perimeter security is installed near the mosque, a Xinhua reporter noted on the spot.

For now, the nature of the powder has not yet been determined but the laboratory of civil protection are already on the scene for analysis with Anthrax device.

According to a spokesman for the Brussels fire brigade, two police and others people who were inside are being decontaminated. Endit