Belgium: 8 Arrested in Counter Terrorism Raids
31st March 2023
Belgian authorities have arrested eight people during counterterrorism sweeps that took place in Brussels, the port city of Antwerp, and the border town of Eupen as a part of investigations into a potential jihadist plot to carry out terrorist attacks, the federal prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday, March 28th.
The arrests, which according to the federal prosecutor’s office were part of two separate police investigations, happened on Monday evening and saw three in Brussels and five in Antwerp, some of whom are known for Islamic extremism, deprived of their liberty and taken in for questioning, the French-language Belgian newspaper Le Soir reports.
At the request of an investigating judge, federal judicial police in Antwerp conducted five searches in Merksem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Molenbeek, and Eupen. In a statement that followed the arrests, prosecutors involved in the case said: “At least two of the individuals involved are suspected of planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Belgium. The target of the attack has not yet been determined.”
Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
A Muslim waits there
To try to kill you.