BRUSSELS — EU civil servants were briefly evacuated from their offices on Rue de la Loi Friday after a suspected bomb threat, but it amounted to nothing. Police and sniffer dogs checked out a gray Volvo car with a Dutch number plate that was abandoned outside the Maelbeek metro station. While the Belgian authorities conducted their checks, police cordoned off a large section of Rue de la Loi, a major street that cuts through the heart of the EU quarter. Officials from the directorates-general for agriculture and humanitarian aid were evacuated. Police and sniffer dogs checked out a gray Volvo car with a Dutch number plate that was abandoned outside the Maalbeek metro station. | Eddy Wax/POLITICO The Maelbeek metro station was the site of an Islamist terror attack in 2016. EU officials were heard referring to the attack on the street, while they waited for the all-clear. The European Commission was contacted for a comment.

Spanish police have arrested a man in connection with the 2023 shooting of two football fans in Brussels. Spanish police and Belgian prosecutors said on Saturday that the suspect was arrested at Malaga Airport the day before. Two Swedish nationals were killed and another injured in the attack, which took place after a qualifying game between Belgium and Sweden for the Euro 2024 football tournament. Belgian police shot and killed the gunman. Belgian authorities said the suspect arrested on Friday was believed to have supplied the firearm used in the attack.