Brussels: Mood in a City on Lockdown

Walking down Brussels' pristine streets, with tourists shopping at the abundance of chocolate shops still open, it is hard to imagine gunmen jumping out of cars or anything blowing up. But as heavily armed soldiers and police wander through the light crowds, the idea must be on many peoples' minds.  A lovely afternoon turning into sudden carnage. “We don’t think about it because it’s just too much,” a salesman at one of the tourist district’s many Belgian beer shops tells...

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