Two men suspected of plotting attack arrested in Belgium

24 January 2019, 5:57 pm

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The Belgian authorities have arrested two men suspected of plotting a terrorist attack and charged them with terrorism offenses, federal prosecutors say.

The main suspect was arrested in the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek while his alleged accomplice was arrested near the northern Dutch-speaking city of Bruges, prosecutors say.

The men were charged with “participating in the activities of a terrorist group and preparing to commit a terrorist offense,” spokesman Eric Van Duyse says.

Van Duyse adds that the pair were not believed to have been plotting a “mass attack,” but did not elaborate.

The prosecutors office say the pair were not Belgian nationals but did not give their nationalities.

— AFP