Roubaix Live Updates: Hostage Situation, Shooting in France Near Belgium

Reports on the afternoon of Nov. 24 indicate there’s a hostage situation in Roubaix, located in northern France near Belgium.
Roubaix Live Updates: Hostage Situation, Shooting in France Near Belgium
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Jack Phillips
11/24/2015
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11/24/2015

Soldiers stand guard in front of the central train station on Nov. 22, 2015, in Brussels, as the Belgian capital remained on the highest security alert level over fears of a Paris-style attack. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP Photo)
Soldiers stand guard in front of the central train station on Nov. 22, 2015, in Brussels, as the Belgian capital remained on the highest security alert level over fears of a Paris-style attack. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP Photo)

 

French soldiers patrol the Trocadero place near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, on Nov. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
French soldiers patrol the Trocadero place near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, on Nov. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders told ABC News on Nov. 24 that there might be an attack involving “heavy weapons” and “suicide bombs” in relation to the terrorist attacks.

“The most important threat is on some shops and some shopping centers...more shopping centers and other kinds of commercial activities,” he added.

Currently, Schools and subways in Brussels are closed down.

“It’s impossible to say that we had 130 dead people or more in Paris and it was a success for all the services, for the security services,” Reynders added. “We need to do more and more.”

Brussels will remain on the highest possible terror alert until next Monday.

Of the more than 300 people injured in the attacks, 161 are still in the hospital, including 26 who are in intensive care, ABC News reported.

France announced police carried out 1,000 searches and raids since the country’s state of emergency was implemented right after the terrorist attacks.

Belgian authorities also announced that they have arrested four accomplices in the Paris attacks and are seeking a fifth.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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