Aarschot In Aarschot, Diest and Westerlo, all the schools on the orders of police evacuated. For all the schools in the three municipalities, there is currently a bomalarm and all pupils are collected on the evacuatiepunt. Students who do not have home get and not can be collected, are housed in a safe place.

The local police Demerdal says at 8 am this morning, an anonymous bomb alert received. The police called the schools. About the content of the report, the boards have nothing to lose.

All the students are safely collected on the evacuatiepunt of their school. “We take the certain for the uncertain, to let the mayors know”, reported Ayla Van Eechaute, communicatieambtenaar of the city of Diest. The evacuated schools will today re-open, says the police.

All the children of Aarschot are now to sports Demervallei. “We are all in a panic,” says a student Elien Verstraete (16) of the Sint-Jozefcollege in Aarschot. “We know that there is a bomalarm, and the bomb would have to have 10 hours off. Everyone wants out of here but that may be for the moment. We heard that in Diest already detonated a bomb would be, but they say here that that’s not right.”

The authorities at the same time, visitors to the vicinity of Aarschot, Diest and Westerlo to avoid so that the police and first responders can do their work.