Two ‘ISIS militants’ were arrested over plot to launch terror attacks in Brussels on New Year’s Eve after police find jihadi material and military clothing in house searches. Two suspected ISIS militants have been arrested in Belgium on suspicion of planning attacks in Brussels on New Year’s Eve, Mailonline reports.
A total of six people were taken in for questioning, but four were released.
The pair were held during house searches on Sunday and Monday in the Brussels area, the Liege region and Flemish Brabant, federal prosecutors said.
Military-style training uniforms, ISIS propaganda and computer material were also seized and are being examined.
The investigation revealed ‘the threat of serious attacks that would target several emblematic places in Brussels and be committed during the end-of-year holidays,’ the prosecutor’s office added.
Two were placed under arrest on charges including participation in the activities of a terrorist group as a leader or recruiter with the aim of committing terrorist offenses as principal or secondary actor.
The prosecutor’s office said no additional details would be made public, but that the probe was not connected to the November 13 attacks in Paris, in which numerous suspects, including fugitive Salah Abdeslam, had connections to Belgium.
It comes after Austrian police said a ‘friendly’ intelligence service had warned European capitals of the possibility of a shooting or bomb attack before New Year, prompting police across the continent to increase security measures.
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