Belgium charges 4 after terror raids

Belgium charges four people with involvement in terrorism after 15 early morning raids in the northern cities of Ghent, Antwerp and Deinze, the federal prosecutor’s office says.

“Those persons have been indicted for participation in the activities of a terrorist group,” a statement says.

“Some of them are suspected of recruiting people with a view to departing to Syria and joining Islamic State there,” it adds.

The prosecutor says no arms or explosives were found and the raids had no immediate connection with the deadly IS-claimed attacks on the Brussels airport and metro which left 32 people dead in March.

— AFP