Latest on #BrusselsLockDown: Belgian police give virtual cat food

Belgian police offered a virtual bowl of pet food to Internet cats on Monday to thank social media users for agreeing to pause their posts during a major anti-terrorism operation in Brussels. The Twitter hashtag #BrusselsLockdown went viral Sunday night when social media users posted cat photos – a light-hearted response to an official request from police not to put information about their operation on the Internet. Brussels has been under security lockdown since Saturday morning after the government said there was a “serious and imminent threat” of attacks like those in Paris on November 13. Key Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam, who is believed to be in Belgium, remains at large.

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