Mayors shut down commercial activities in Brussels' Noord District to “calm tensions” after Thursday’s fatal knife attack | VRT NWS: news

The Mayors of Schaarbeek and Sint-Joost-ten-Node have issued mayoral decrees banning commercial activities in the area of their respective municipalities that is close to Brussels North Railway Station between the hours of 1am and 6am. The decision follows Thursday evening’s stabbing incident in which one police officer was killed and another injured. There has been tension for some time in Brussels’ North District and now the authorities in the municipalities that cover much (but not all) of th