Brussels Mosque Anthrax Scare: Envelopes Were Filled With Flour, Terror Alert Reduced

After a tense week of Brussels on high alert and lockdown due to terror threats, the terror alert level was reduced from four - the highest - to three on Nov. 26. This news comes on the same day that the city's Grand Mosque, The Islamic and Cultural Centre of Belgium, was sent a suspicious envelope full of white powder that was confirmed to be flour, a false alarm.

The mosque was evacuated and shut down for three hours, and a chemical team was dispatched to the scene where 11 people were decontaminated and four taken to hospital as a precaution, Expatica reports. The powder was analyzed in a lab. "It was just flour. Everything is negative, the cordon has been lifted," said Pierre Meys, a Brussels fire brigade spokesman.

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