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Czech Republic tightens security measures after Brussels explosions

Xinhua, March 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

In reaction to the deadly attacks in Brussels on Tuesday, the Czech security forces have gone on alert, and tighter measures have taken effect in accordance with the government's emergency plans, said Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec.

Chovanec said that Czech Interior Ministry has no information about any attack threatening the country. He said they have actively reacted to the events in Brussels. All measures they have taken correspond to the current situation and have a preventive character.

Security measures have been tightened at all the five international airports in the Czech Republic, and in Prague, police patrols have been reinforced and checks by bomb disposal experts launched in the metro, said Police Presidium spokesman Jozef Bocan.

Czech Foreigner Police spokeswoman Katerina Rendlova said they will pay more attention to the flight connections with Belgium and also with France. She said the police would further adjust the security measures according to development of the situation.

Prague airport spokeswoman Marika Janouskova said that there is no modified flight plan to Brussels at present. The last plane to Brussels flew on Tuesday morning before 7 a.m. and landed at Zaventem airport before the explosion.

Czech Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ivana Valentova said the ministry advises Czech citizens to adjourn their trips to Brussels and to other parts of Belgium. The ministry had no information as to whether Czechs were among those killed or wounded in the bomb explosions at Brussels airport.

Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka will meet Chovanec and representatives of the police and intelligence services over the attacks in Brussels on Tuesday noon. Enditem