Andre Jacob, former head of counter-terrorism at Belgium's State Security service told Reuters. "France has been on high terror alert for months with troops on the street yet still could not prevent this atrocity," he said. ISRAEL has seen a number in recent years, mainly where lone Arabs have driven into pedestrians or bus stops. "His Belgian counterpart, Charles Michel, said in Brussels -- where Islamic State militants staged attacks in March and where they planned last November's Paris attacks -- that "zero risk does not exist. "It's right the police have weapons for use in the city and don't wander around with Kalashnikovs (assault rifles) and grenades and so on.

Source: Economic Times July 15, 2016 12:56 UTC