Four people have been arrested and an arms cache found after overnight terror raids in Brussels linked to a bikers’ club called the Kamikaze Riders, according to federal prosecutors.
“During one of the house searches, various weapons were found. In all, four persons were arrested and taken in for questioning,” prosecutors say in a statement.
A spokesman says the raids were linked to the Kamikaze Riders, which has been implicated in terror offences.
A source close to the investigation says the raids in the gritty Anderlecht district found at least two Kalashnikov assault rifles while reports spoke of explosives also being discovered.
The statement from prosecutors adds that the raids were “completely independent” from the probe into the deadly November 2015 Paris and March 2016 Brussels attacks, which were claimed by Islamic State and carried out by jihadi cells based in the Belgian capital.
— AFP
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