Belgians Flood Twitter With Cat images In Face Of forthcoming Terror chance

Belgium’s capital city, Brussels, has been on lockdown in view that Saturday, due to a terrorist threat that the high minister says is “very serious and forthcoming.” Following plenty of raids on Sunday night, Belgian authorities have detained sixteen individuals however have yet to find Salah Abdeslam, who is believed to have aided in the latest attacks that passed off in Paris.

As a precaution, the police asked Brussels residents not to tweet about their movements, to ensure that treasured information wasn’t leaked to the suspected terrorists. This being the internet, Belgians turned to cats to flood the hashtag #BrusselsLockdown with furry memes:

The kitten images managed to bury any data on police activities—and lighten the mood on a somber weekend. It additionally made for a stellar use case of Twitter’s new Moments function, which curates tweets around newsworthy occasions.

at the shut of the raids, Belgian authorities showed their appreciation with a bon mot of their very own:

[by way of Mashable]