Bob CollinsThe police in Brussels didn’t find what they were looking for when they staged a series of raids looking for Salah Abdeslam, suspected to be one of the gunmen in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks.
But we may have found a new weapon against terrorists: kittens.
The Belgian capital is locked down because of a warning of an imminent attack, and when authorities started the raids, they asked people not to tweet news about it for fear of alerting terrorists.
So people started posting cat pictures instead.
Residents told to stay away from windows. Not sure they got the message #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/kv3Mosk5mZ
— Matteo Albania (@m_albania) November 22, 2015
Hide and wait #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/FdvctVIMYn
— DM Graphics (@LindsayMonteyne) November 22, 2015
Is it over yet? #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/au8Fw8thNA
— Hannes Coudenys (@hannes_bhc) November 22, 2015
This, dear outsiders, is how we fight terrorism here. They haven't got a chance! We haz kittens! #BrusselsLockdown pic.twitter.com/sdq1MbrKsz
— Gilles Bordelais (@Gilles_PPDE) November 22, 2015
