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| Belgian police arrest two people suspected of plotting New Year’s Eve attack | Belgian police arrest two people suspected of plotting New Year’s Eve attack |
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| Belgian police arrested two people over the weekend suspected of planning a New Year’s Eve attack on “symbolic places” in Brussels, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. | Belgian police arrested two people over the weekend suspected of planning a New Year’s Eve attack on “symbolic places” in Brussels, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. |
| The two suspects were held and four others questioned and released after raids Sunday and Monday near the Belgian capital, in Liege, and other eastern parts of the country, they said. | The two suspects were held and four others questioned and released after raids Sunday and Monday near the Belgian capital, in Liege, and other eastern parts of the country, they said. |
| Islamic State propaganda, military-type clothing and computer material was also seized in the raids, prosecutors announced, but no weapons or explosives. | Islamic State propaganda, military-type clothing and computer material was also seized in the raids, prosecutors announced, but no weapons or explosives. |
| “Our investigation revealed serious threats of an attack on symbolic places in Brussels during the celebrations for New Year’s Eve,” the prosecutors said in the statement reported by news agencies in the Belgian capital. | “Our investigation revealed serious threats of an attack on symbolic places in Brussels during the celebrations for New Year’s Eve,” the prosecutors said in the statement reported by news agencies in the Belgian capital. |
| The statement said one of the suspects faces charges of being a possible ringleader of a terrorist group and the other a potential participant, the statement said, news agencies reported. They did not announce if the suspects were male or female. | The statement said one of the suspects faces charges of being a possible ringleader of a terrorist group and the other a potential participant, the statement said, news agencies reported. They did not announce if the suspects were male or female. |
| The arrests were not part of the investigation into the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, which left 130 people dead, the statement said. | The arrests were not part of the investigation into the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, which left 130 people dead, the statement said. |
| Belgium has been at the center of those investigations after it was announced that two of the Paris suicide bombers had been living inBelgium. | Belgium has been at the center of those investigations after it was announced that two of the Paris suicide bombers had been living inBelgium. |
| Belgian police have arrested nine people in connection with the Paris attacks and Brussels was temporarily placed on a maximum terrorist alert level. | Belgian police have arrested nine people in connection with the Paris attacks and Brussels was temporarily placed on a maximum terrorist alert level. |
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