Belgian police arrest 11 in anti-terror raids

Belgian police arrest 11 people in anti-terrorism raids targeting jihadists who have returned from Syria, prosecutors say Wednesday.

Police raid nine houses in various areas of Brussels including Molenbeek, the district that was home to several of those involved in the Paris and Brussels attacks.

“The investigation was launched in relation to the issue of possible returning Syria fighters,” the federal prosector’s office says in a statement in English.

“In all, eleven persons were arrested and taken for questioning.”

Belgium has been on high alert since three suicide bombers attacked Zaventem Airport and the Brussels metro system in March 2016, killing 32 people.

— AFP