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Brussels Becomes a Ghost Town as Terror Keeps People Inside

Brussels capital in lockdown on fears of Paris-style attack
Closures extended into Monday as cafes tell of lost profits

Bloomberg business news — Terror Fears Lockdown Brussels for Third Day

By

Ian Wishart and

Julia-Ambra Verlaine

November 22, 2015, 9:27 AM UTCUpdated onNovember 22, 2015, 8:06 PM UTC

Steven Devisscher’s bar in downtown Brussels normally teems with more than 200 customers quaffing specialty Belgian beers on a Saturday night. Not this weekend.

After a government warning of an “imminent” Paris-style terrorist attack, his doors were locked and his lights off.