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Schools and metro reopen in Brussels after four-day security lockdown

Schools and the metro have reopened in Brussels on Wednesday after being shut down for four days in a security lockdown in the Belgian capital.

With troops and armed police patrolling the streets of Brussels, Belgian authorities have charged a fifth person with terror offences relating to the attacks that killed 130 people in the French capital on November 13.

A security alert in the Belgian capital has been extended until Monday.

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Sixteen people arrested during Brussels raids

Sixteen people have been arrested during raids in Brussels, the federal prosecutor has said.

Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in the Paris attacks, was not among those arrested on Sunday.

Two shots were fired on a vehicle in the Molenbeek district during the operation.

"A vehicle ran into the police, after which police fired two shots," Eric Van Der Sypt told a press conference on Sunday night. "The vehicle rushed off but was intercepted later in Brussels. The driver, a man who was hurt, was arrested."

In total, 19 houses were searched across Greater Brussels, as well as three in Charleroi, but no firearms or explosives were found.

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