The hunt for terrorism suspects in Brussels locked down Belgium’s largest city over the weekend. Local police asked residents not to post news of police action they might seen in their neighborhood on social media. After Belgium’s defense minister advised people to stay off social media, the hashtag #BrusselsLockdown began trending. But not for the reason you might think. He told people to “retweet” or forward his message to their followers. And they obliged. But many people attached funny photos of cats to the hashtag #BrusselsLockdown. Even the Belgian police got in on the fun, posting a photo of a bowl of cat food and the comment “For the cats who helped us last night Help yourself!” One commenter on the web called the cat photos a “purrfect” response to the police request. As the lockdown continued into Monday morning, the hashtag remained relevant.
Title: Belgian Cats Take Over Twitter
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/cats_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Belgian Cats Take Over Twitter' data-article-id='1006'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7938'>The hunt for terrorism suspects in Brussels locked down Belgium’s largest city over the weekend.</span> <span data-start-time='7938' data-end-time='17938'>Local police asked residents not to post news of police action they might seen in their neighborhood on social media.</span> <span data-start-time='17938' data-end-time='28000'>After Belgium’s defense minister advised people to stay off social media, the hashtag #BrusselsLockdown began trending.</span> <span data-start-time='28000' data-end-time='31333'>But not for the reason you might think.</span> <span data-start-time='31333' data-end-time='36667'>He told people to “retweet” or forward his message to their followers.</span> <span data-start-time='36667' data-end-time='38771'>And they obliged.</span> <span data-start-time='38771' data-end-time='45875'>But many people attached funny photos of cats to the hashtag #BrusselsLockdown.</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''></span> <span data-start-time='45875' data-end-time='58083'>Even the Belgian police got in on the fun, posting a photo of a bowl of cat food and the comment “For the cats who helped us last night Help yourself!”</span> <span data-start-time='58083' data-end-time='66417'>One commenter on the web called the cat photos a “purrfect” response to the police request.</span> <span data-start-time='66417' data-end-time='72771'>As the lockdown continued into Monday morning, the hashtag remained relevant.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/brussels_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=4594 data-hint-location='36667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/what_does_obliged_mean.m4a'>What does obliged mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to do something that someone has asked you to do'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/low_and_deep_sound.m4a'><span>low and deep sound</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/to_do_something_that_someone_has_asked_you_to_do.m4a'><span>to do something that someone has asked you to do</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/to_argue.m4a'><span>to argue</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/the_main_idea.m4a'><span>the main idea</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=4595 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/what_city_was_on_lockdown.m4a'>What city was on lockdown?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Brussels'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/brussels.m4a'><span>Brussels</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/antwerp.m4a'><span>Antwerp</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/barcelona.m4a'><span>Barcelona</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/florence.m4a'><span>Florence</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=4596 data-hint-location='38771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/many_people_attached_photos_of__blank__to_the_tweets_about_the_lockdown.m4a'>Many people attached photos of <span class='blank'>cats</span> to the tweets about the lockdown.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='cats'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/victims.m4a'><span>victims</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/suspects.m4a'><span>suspects</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/cats.m4a'><span>cats</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/639/cops.m4a'><span>cops</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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