Qatar- Belgian Police Arrests Two over New Year Plot

12/29/2015 5:34:55 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Brussels December 29 (QNA) - Belgian police have arrested two people suspected of planning attacks in Brussels on New Year's Eve.
Raids took place on Sunday and Monday in Brussels and the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Liege the (BBC) reported.
Police seized military clothing and propaganda materials in the raids but no weapons or explosives.
Belgium has been on high alert since the attacks of 13 November in Paris. Several of the perpetrators are thought to have been based in Belgium.
However the latest arrests are not linked to the Paris attacks prosecutors say.
One of those arrested is suspected of leading and recruiting for a terrorist cell.
The suspects are accused of planning attacks against several "symbolic targets" in Brussels as well as on the police.
In November Brussels was placed under a four-day lockdown closing universities schools and the metro system amid fears of a Paris-style attack. (QNA)

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