Belgium Arrests 4 Suspected Terrorists
Belgian police on Saturday arrested four people on suspicion they planned to go to Syria and Libya, the federal prosecutor's office said, as the nation remains on high alert following the Paris attacks.
According to France 24, officials believe around 500 Belgians may have gone as foreign fighters to Syria, joining up with jihadis from the Islamic State group which claimed the November attacks on the French capital.
And with Libya in turmoil since the 2011 revolution, there are growing fears it could provide fertile ground for IS recruitment in a region much closer to Europe.
A spokesman for the federal prosecutor's office said police arrested the four in Jumet, near the airport in the southern city of Charleroi, because they were "possibly planning to go to Syria or Libya."
"A judge will decide tomorrow whether to detain them further," he said.
The arrests were not linked to the ongoing investigation into Paris attacks, he said.
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