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But rather than give in to fear, Belgians have responded on social media with a defiant sense of whimsy. And cat pictures -- lots and lots of cat pictures.
The stream of cat pics was sparked when the country's federal police made a request on Twitter for the public to maintain silence about the ongoing counter-terror operations on social media, for fear of alerting potential targets of the raids to police movements.