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Moscow steps up anti-terror efforts after Brussels attacks

Xinhua, March 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Moscow has stepped up anti-terror measures in the wake of the Brussels attacks, authorities said Wednesday.

"Patrols were increased. The places where foreigners stay were located," Anatoly Yakunin, an Interior Ministry official, was quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency as saying.

Such efforts were made last year as terrorist threats in Moscow increased after the launch of Russian airstrikes in Syria, he said.

"In light of yesterday's terrorist attacks in Belgium, we have resumed those arrangements," said Yakunin, head of the Interior Ministry's Moscow City Department.

Explosions at the Brussels airport and a metro station killed at least 34 people. The Islamic State terrorist group has claimed the terror attacks, which put Belgium and other European countries on high alert.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday condemned the attacks and urged international anti-terror cooperation. Endi