Odd vehicle checked near US embassy in Brussels
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The area around the U.S. embassy in Brussels and the Belgian defense ministry was temporarily sealed off as bomb squad assessed a suspicious vehicle.
A bomb squad moved in with a specialized robot and an expert in a bomb suit before the area was declared safe for traffic again. The alert was lifted by 3 PM (1300GMT) Wednesday afternoon and traffic started moving again around the two buildings.
No specific details were immediately available.