BRUSSELS –
Three Belgian stations where high speed trains stop in the past month, about 22,000 pieces of luggage of about 17.000 passengers checked for weapons, ammunition and explosives. 170 people were out to stop for a thorough inspection.
Security staff at the train station Brussels-South, Antwerp-Central and Liège-Guillemins since mid-July, spot-checks, a measure that was taken in the fight against terrorism. Who from the row is removed, by a metaaldetectorpoortje and the luggage through a scanner removed. In 95 percent of the cases in which the police was called, it went to the possession of fighting knives, let minister of Security and Home Affairs Jan Jambon know.
The safety measures cost one-time 15.7 million annually to 6.6 million. Train operation SNCB has 92 extra security staff for attracted.