BRUSSELS (AP) - 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.
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