Thursday, December 31, 2015

Belgium detains six people over New Year's attack plot


Belgian soldiers stand next to a military armoured vehicle as they patrol in central BrusselsBy Robert-Jan Bartunek and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police detained six people during house searches in Brussels on Thursday as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to carry out an attack in the capital on New Year's Eve. Police carried out searches at six locations in the Belgian capital and one just outside the city, seizing computers, mobile phones and equipment for airsoft, a sport involving guns that shoot non-lethal plastic pellets. Two Belgian nationals arrested earlier this week and named as 30-year-old Said S. and 27-year-old Mohammed K., are being held on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack, prosecutors said.


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