Man with 'suicide belt' triggers alert in Brussels

A man with psychiatric problems who was carrying a fake suicide belt full of salt and biscuits was arrested on Tuesday after he triggered a major anti-terror operation at a Brussels shopping mall, prosecutors said.

Belgium remains on a high state of alert after Islamic State-claimed bomb attacks in March left 32 people dead at the airport and at a metro station near European Union headquarters buildings.

Prosecutors said they were still investigating whether the man - who had once claimed he had been urged to join the IS group in Syria - had any genuine links to terrorism or not.