BRUSSELS: Eight people were arrested in Brussels after counter-terror raids as part of an investigation into an alleged attack plot, a source close to the probe said.
All eight were arrested Sunday in Molenbeek, an immigrant district linked to the Paris and Brussels terror attacks, following the raids, the source told AFP.
The eight were taken for questioning before a judge investigating an alleged terror plot, the source said, confirming a report in the Belgian daily La Derniere Heure.
The source said investigators suspected an attack was in preparation, but gave no other details.
The judge will decide late Monday whether to formally charge them and whether to continue holding the suspects or release them, the source added.
The arrests took place following raids in Molenbeek, but also in Geraardsbergen and Mechelen, both in northern Dutch-speaking areas of Belgium.
Molenbeek was home to several members of the cell that carried out the November 13, 2015 attacks on Paris and the March 2016 suicide bombings in Brussels.
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“We are assisting our American partners to ensure that Ukraine receives the appropriate assistance.”
Zelensky said he had told his intelligence services to prioritize agreeing on a new release of Ukrainian POWs held by Russia before the new year.
Russia and Ukraine have conducted regular prisoner swaps since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.
Eight arrested in Belgium anti-terror raids: source
Eight arrested in Belgium anti-terror raids: source
Zelensky says five Ukrainians released by Belarus in US-brokered deal
- “Thanks to the active role of the United States and the cooperation of our intelligence services,” Zelensky wrote
KYIV: Five Ukrainians were among the prisoners released by Belarus in a US-brokered deal on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, expressing gratitude to Washington for aiding their release.
“Thanks to the active role of the United States and the cooperation of our intelligence services, about a hundred people, including five Ukrainians, are now being released,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
“We are assisting our American partners to ensure that Ukraine receives the appropriate assistance.”
Zelensky said he had told his intelligence services to prioritize agreeing on a new release of Ukrainian POWs held by Russia before the new year.
Russia and Ukraine have conducted regular prisoner swaps since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.
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