UPDATED: Los Angeles on High Alert Following Brussels Terror Attacks

Updated at 8:30 a.m. March 22, 2016

LOS ANGELES, CA - The terror attacks at the international airport and a subway station in Brussels, Belgium that claimed at least 31 lives and injured at least 187 people has caused heightened security on Metro lines Tuesday.

Metro announced Tuesday it will increase security at Union Station, Rosa Parks station and 7th/Metro said.

There is no tangible threat to any transit system in Los Angeles, Transit Services Bureau spokesman Ramon Montenegro told City News Service.

"Right now, we are monitoring the situation in Brussels and maintaining close contact and communications with our county Emergency Operations Center, Homeland Security and LA Metro," Montenegro said.

"I'm certain that we will increase security in the aftermath of these attacks on all transit lines," Montenegro said. "We also have special security teams that we will likely deploy later today."

Montenegro said the security patrols include bomb-sniffing dogs that are regularly deployed along the Red Line subway route.

"Our hearts go out to the people of Brussels and to the first responders," he said. "We just pray that no one else gets hurt there."

Metro officials asked the public to be aware of their surroundings at transportation centers and stressed the importance of calling attention to something or someone that may seem unusual.

"We are asking the public to be our eyes and ears on the system," according to a Metro statement."If you see something, say something."

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials said that in addition to the increased security at transportation hubs, the agency's Special Operations Division resources "are on standby and are prepared to respond anywhere in the region should the need arise."

"There is no credible information that attacks are likely here, but as always, we ask the public if they 'See Something, Say Something,"' according to the department.

LAPD officers were deployed to a variety of high-profile sites that tend to be gathering points for large crowds -- such as the Grove shopping center, synagogues, the Beverly Center and Hollywood & Highland.

Amtrak spokeswoman Verna Graham said the rail line also has added safety personnel.

City News Service