面對恐怖襲擊警告，世界各地加強戒備迎新年

Security has been tightened in cities around the world because of possible terror threats as they prepare for public celebrations marking the start of the new year.

Sydney, Australia will be one of the first cities to mark the start of 2016, with its biggest fireworks display ever -- seven tons of fireworks at a cost of $5.1 million for the 12-minute show.

But Jakarta, Indonesia, is on high alert this year, after police uncovered plans for an alleged terror attack on the Indonesian capital during the festivities.

Brussels' mayor canceled the Belgian capital's annual New Year's Eve celebration because of a terror threat.

Mayor Yvan Mayeur said according to a crisis center analysis, it would not be possible to screen the tens of thousands of people who were expected to turn out for fireworks.

Meanwhile, Belgian police announced Thursday they have arrested a 10th suspect in the November 13th Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed. Belgian police arrested two people earlier this week suspected of plotting a New Year's Eve terror attack on what they call "emblematic" targets.

Four of the Islamic extremists who killed 130 people in multiple terrorist attacks in Paris in November were from Belgium.

Paris has also cancelled its fireworks show and cut back on plans for the evening, closing off the famed Champs Elysees avenue to cars for only one hour instead of three. But the light show projected on the Arc de Triomphe will be go on as scheduled. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told a French publication ((the weekly Journal du Dimanche)) that France needs its symbolic passage into the new year, to "send a signal to the world" as it continues to recover from the attacks.

In Turkey on Wednesday, authorities detained two suspected Islamic State members believed to be planning suicide attacks on New Year's celebrations in the Turkish capital, Ankara. The alleged plot involved suicide bombings in central Ankara where crowds gather to celebrate the start of the new year.

In New York City, thousands of police officers, some armed with long guns, radiation detectors and bomb-sniffing dogs, are preparing for the city's massive New Year's celebration in Times Square, expected to draw more than a million people.

Police, the FBI, and Homeland Security officials say there are no specific credible threats to New York or any other U.S. celebrations.世界各地許多城市在準備迎新年的公開慶祝活動之際，加強保安措施，以應對可能的恐怖主義威脅。

澳大利亞悉尼市是全球最早迎新年的城市之一。悉尼市準備舉行有史以來規模最盛大的焰火晚會。價值五百一十萬美元的7噸焰火將在12分鐘內燃放。

但是印度尼西亞首都雅加達今年處於高度戒備狀態。警方早先發現有人策劃對雅加達迎新年的活動發動恐怖襲擊。

由於受到恐怖襲擊的威脅，布魯塞爾市長取消了比利時首都一年一度的新年除夕慶祝活動。

布魯塞爾市市長梅爾說，根據危機中心的分析，當局無法逐一檢查數以萬計可能前來觀看焰火的人。

與此同時，比利時警方星期四宣佈，他們逮捕了巴黎恐怖襲擊事件的第10名嫌疑人。11月13日發生的巴黎襲擊事件導致130人死亡。比利時警方本週早些時候逮捕了兩人，他們涉嫌策劃在新年除夕對他們所謂的“標誌性”目標進行襲擊。

涉嫌製造11月巴黎恐怖襲擊，造成130人死亡的伊斯蘭極端分子中，有4人來自比利時。

巴黎也取消了迎新年的焰火晚會，並縮減了晚間活動計劃。著名的香榭麗舍大道爲晚間活動只對汽車關閉1個小時，而不是原先的3個小時。但凱旋門的燈光展將如期舉行。巴黎市長伊達爾戈對《星期日》週刊說，法國需要象徵性地走進新年， “向全世界發出信息”，顯示巴黎正繼續走出恐怖襲擊的陰霾。

土耳其當局星期三拘留了兩名伊斯蘭國成員嫌疑人。這兩個人據信策劃在土耳其首都安卡拉舉行迎新年慶祝活動的時候發動自殺襲擊。襲擊計劃涉及在安卡拉市中心人羣聚集迎新年的地點進行自殺炸彈襲擊。

在紐約，幾千名警察正在爲時報廣場舉行的大規模迎新年活動做準備。一些警察佩戴長槍，放射物質探測器和炸彈搜尋犬。預計將有100多萬人參加那裏的迎新年活動。

紐約警方、聯邦調查局和美國國土安全部官員表示，紐約和美國其他城市的迎新年活動沒有具體可信的威脅。