Urgent: Bomb alert at major museum in downtown Brussels

BRUSSELS, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Belgium's Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels was evacuated on Sunday afternoon following a bomb alert. A Xinhua correspondent at the scene heard explosion-like noises.

There was a suspicious suitcase at one of the exits of the Magritte museum. The basements are evacuated and a bomb squad was sent in to detonate it, Belgian media reported. Enditem