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| Six more held over alleged New Year's Eve attack plot in Brussels | |
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| Six people are being held for questioning over an alleged New Year’s Eve attack plot in Brussels that led to the cancellation of a fireworks display and other festivities. | Six people are being held for questioning over an alleged New Year’s Eve attack plot in Brussels that led to the cancellation of a fireworks display and other festivities. |
| A total of eight people are now being held in the case, including two men who have been formally charged with terrorism-related offences following their arrests earlier this week, the federal prosecutor’s office said. | A total of eight people are now being held in the case, including two men who have been formally charged with terrorism-related offences following their arrests earlier this week, the federal prosecutor’s office said. |
| The six new suspects were detained following seven police raids in and around the Belgian capital in which computer equipment, mobile phones and “airsoft material” were seized, it added. Airsoft is a type of airgun. | The six new suspects were detained following seven police raids in and around the Belgian capital in which computer equipment, mobile phones and “airsoft material” were seized, it added. Airsoft is a type of airgun. |
| An investigating judge would decide later on Thursday whether to keep the six in custody or release them, the prosecutor’s office added. | |
| Belgian authorities on Wednesday cancelled the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display and other events in the heart of Brussels after revealing an alleged jihadi plot to attack “emblematic sites” in the capital during the holiday. | Belgian authorities on Wednesday cancelled the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display and other events in the heart of Brussels after revealing an alleged jihadi plot to attack “emblematic sites” in the capital during the holiday. |
| The city of 1.2 million people has been on high alert since France said several men involved in the deadly November attacks in Paris had links to Brussels, which is home to the headquarters of the European Union and Nato. | The city of 1.2 million people has been on high alert since France said several men involved in the deadly November attacks in Paris had links to Brussels, which is home to the headquarters of the European Union and Nato. |
| The prosecutor’s office said the two men already formally charged over the end-of-year plot had been ordered by a court to be detained for another month. | The prosecutor’s office said the two men already formally charged over the end-of-year plot had been ordered by a court to be detained for another month. |
| Two people arrested earlier this week, named as 30-year-old Said S and 27-year-old Mohammed K, would be held for another month after being charged with threatening to carry out a terrorist attack, prosecutors said. | |
| Their lawyers told reporters outside the courthouse that their clients denied the charges. | Their lawyers told reporters outside the courthouse that their clients denied the charges. |
| Also on Thursday, Belgian prosecutors charged a 10th suspect over the Paris terror attacks. | |
| The Belgian national, identified only as Ayoub B, was detained on Wednesday after a raid on a house in the Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek, the federal prosecutor’s office said. | The Belgian national, identified only as Ayoub B, was detained on Wednesday after a raid on a house in the Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek, the federal prosecutor’s office said. |
| The suspect has been charged with “terrorist murder” and involvement in the activities of a terrorist group. He will appear in court again for a custody hearing within five days. | The suspect has been charged with “terrorist murder” and involvement in the activities of a terrorist group. He will appear in court again for a custody hearing within five days. |
| Molenbeek, home to the Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam, has emerged as a hotbed of Islamist extremism. | Molenbeek, home to the Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam, has emerged as a hotbed of Islamist extremism. |