Belgian Government Calls for Cancellation of Sunday Demonstrations in Support of Victims

The Belgian Minister of the Interior has asked residents of Brussels to cancel their planned demonstration on Sunday in support of the victims of Tuesday's bombings. Jan Jambon has urged citizens to halt this supportive demonstration, although he did not declare the gatherings illegal. It was previously announced that a demonstration would take place from the Stock Exchange Square in Brussels towards Gordonor to express sympathy for the families of the victims and the injured from the Brussels bombings. In recent days, the Stock Exchange Square in Brussels has witnessed many gatherings, with a multitude of flowers and candles placed in memory of the victims. The Minister of the Interior stated that the feelings of everyone are fully understood and that people want to express these feelings, yet he advised against holding demonstrations for now so that the police can conduct their investigations. Meanwhile, the Belgian federal prosecutor's office announced on Saturday that arrest warrants have been issued for three new suspects related to Tuesday's bombings. According to the prosecutor's statement, one of these individuals is named Faisal C. (Shin) and is wanted for 'participation in terrorist groups, terrorist killings, and attempts to commit terrorist killings.' Belgian media reported that a man named Faisal Shefo (who appears to be the same individual sought by the prosecutor) was the one who managed to leave the airport after two of his accomplices detonated themselves at Brussels International Airport. The second suspect is named Rabah Noun and is wanted in connection with a terrorist plot that was recently thwarted by French police. The third individual is named Abubakar F, and no details have been released about him. Police forces raided Faisal Shin's home during an anti-terror operation; however, no explosives or weapons were found there. Belgian officials believe that both the Paris attacks in November and the Brussels bombings on Tuesday were all planned in the city of Brussels. On Friday, Brussels police conducted operations with heavy equipment and weapons in several neighborhoods of Brussels, including Schaerbeek, where signs of these operations were still evident on Saturday. During this operation, police shot a man at the Schaerbeek tram station. The moment of the shooting was recorded and broadcast by a mobile phone camera. Police warned the man, who was sitting at the tram station with a young girl and carrying a bag, to put the bag down, and after he complied, the police shot him twice. This incident has stirred mixed emotions among the residents of this neighborhood. It is still unclear whether this man was one of the suspects in the bombings. Brussels is still recovering from the bombings, while Edward Snowden, a former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency, claims that Belgian authorities could have prevented these bombings. Snowden, speaking via video at a conference in Arizona, referred to recent comments by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, stating that Turkey had provided sufficient information to Belgium to prevent these events. Since Tuesday, when suicide bombings shook Brussels International Airport, operations at the airport have been suspended, and airport officials announced that flights will not resume before next Tuesday, as they are still assessing the damage caused to the airport after the bombings. Areas of the airport where the explosions occurred have been inspected by police and forensic experts, but now airport security personnel must inspect the infrastructure and systems to ensure that the airport is safe and ready to reopen. Annually, 23.5 million passengers enter or exit Brussels Airport, which connects the city to 226 global destinations and operates 77 airlines.