I believe the chemical agent turned out to be some type of aerosole spray that one of the passengers was carrying in their luggage according to freeper Yonif on another thread. Nothing to be concerned about.
BRUSSELS: The Congolese-born singer Papa Wemba has been charged with people smuggling, said the Belgium authorities. The prosecutor’s office in Brussels said the musician was released on bail after being questioned by a magistrate. He was arrested at his home in the Paris region of France earlier this week and extradited to Belgium.
The 54-year-old is suspected in both countries of using his band as a cover to smuggle hundreds of people from his native Democratic Republic of Congo. Papa Wemba, whose real name is Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, was given conditional bail by an examining magistrate on Thursday.
A prosecutor’s office spokesperson said the singer had to remain available to both Belgian police and judicial officials for at least a further eight days.
French police began investigations six months ago when 200 Congolese arrived in Paris saying they were Papa Wemba’s musicians. They later vanished.
A similar case occurred in Belgium and further questioning of the people revealed that they had in fact each paid 3,500 euros($4,000) for their passage.
Papa Wemba was imprisoned in France last year after being placed under investigation but was released after three-and-a-half months in detention when he posted bail of 30,000 euros $35,000.
That's the story, anyway.
Although in all these bus bombings, I've never heard of a report like this before. And there must be a variety of aerosol cans on board at any given time.
I understand they might want to keep quiet on terror like this so as not to encourage it.
But maybe the time has come to show the bloody interiors of the exploded buses, at dinner time, on every channel.