Belgium has raised its terror alert level from 3 to 4 for police forces (maintaining alert level 2 for everyone else) as it unleashes 10 raids in Verviers (near the capital) on returning Syrian fighters:
- *BELGIAN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS OPENED FIRE AT POLICE DURING RAID
- *BELGIAN POLICE KILLS TWO TERRORISTS, NO WOUNDED AMONG POLICE
Anti-terrorist operations continue (despite reassurances that this not linked to the Paris attacks) as prosecutors say the suspected terrorists planned large, imminent attacks.
Bloomberg headlines...
- *BELGIAN CONDUCTED 1O SEARCHES IN VERVIERS, NEAR CAPITAL
- *BELGIAN POLICE FOILS TERRORISM PLOT BY RETURNED SYRIA FIGHTERS
- *BELGIUM RAISES THREAT LEVEL TO 3 OUT OF 4 FOR POLICE FORCES
- *BELGIAN ANTI-TERRORISM OPERATIONS STILL CONTINUING
- *BELGIAN POLICE KILLS TWO SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN VERVIERS
- *BELGIAN POLICE DETAINS THIRD SUSPECTED TERRORIST IN VERVIERS
- *BELGIAN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS PLANNED LARGE, IMMINENT ATTACKS
- *BELGIAN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS OPENED FIRE AT POLICE DURING RAID
- *BELGIAN PROSECUTORS SEE NO LINK FOR NOW WITH PARIS ATTACKS
- *BELGIAN PROSECUTORS SAY PROBE STARTED COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
Raids caught on tape...
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BREAKING: Police: Raids across Belgium due terror cell's "major" and "imminent" attacks: http://t.co/NulNFH3T9i [8] pic.twitter.com/gLnRWdIg02 [9]
— ABC News (@ABC) January 15, 2015 [10]
Police in Belgium believe raided group was about to launch terror attacks "on a grand scale" http://t.co/2DEu1mLSfp [11] pic.twitter.com/rz7wN8eKyH [12]
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 15, 2015 [13]
Belgium raises national security threat level in some areas http://t.co/3MUl7kIKw2 [14] pic.twitter.com/4ld8rfJs1b [15]
— ITV News (@itvnews) January 15, 2015 [16]
LATEST: Belgium terror raid suspects opened fire on police before being neutralised http://t.co/2SKe0rN15C [17] pic.twitter.com/L3zCVccqm6 [18]
— The Straits Times (@STcom) January 15, 2015 [19]
Anti-terror operation in #Belgium [20] supposedly in coordination with 7 countries
(VTM) pic.twitter.com/M795Xfn8qN [21]
— Breaking 3.0 U.S. (@Breaking3zeroUS) January 15, 2015 [22]
Belgian Prosecutor: When police arrived in #Verviers [23], suspects opened fire for "many minutes" via @WilliamsJon [24]
pic.twitter.com/FdIjsax3Yg [25]
— Conflict News (@rConflictNews) January 15, 2015 [26]
