As a result of special operation in Belgium, 16 people have been detained as terrorist suspects. Salah Abdeslam wanted for organizing the terrorist act in Paris was not among them. Belgian media said that a special squad noticed him on a motor- way leading to Germany, but then lost his trace.

.As the Belgian Prime Minister stated at the press conference,the fourth highest level of terrorism alert in the country will remain in effect until noon today. There was an incident in Brussels. One of the driver ignored the demand of the police to stop the car forcing the police to open fire in his direction. He was arrested, but his connection to terrorism has not been confirmed.

During the special operation, the journalists had been instructed to refrain from information or photo material on Twitter- and other social networks.