Eight raids took place in the Brussels region on Thursday morning, revealed the federal prosecutor’s office, two of which took place in Laeken and Jette as part of the investigation into the Paris attacks.
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On Wednesday, police raided the Paris suburb of Saint Denis in an operation that targeted Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, the suspected mastermind of the attacks.
On November 13, six locations in Paris were attacked by militants resulting in the death of 129 people and injuring 350 others.
Mr Valls was addressing the French parliament ahead of a vote to extend the state of emergency by three months.
“The macabre imagination of these giving the orders is endless”.
France’s national police Jean-Marc Falcone, speaking on France-Info radio, said police were still working with their Belgian colleagues to find him.
“What’s new will be the methods for managing; the methods for attacking and killing are evolving on a regular basis”, the prime minister said. According to the Belgian news agency Belga’s was to homes of friends and family members of the suicide bomber Bilal HA.555.
The 26-year-old, who officials have said is “Public Enemy Number One”, could have been high on drugs when he is believed to have massacred innocent people in Paris.
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Salah’s brother Brahim who’s also believed to have been behind the terrace shootings, blew himself up at the Comptoir Voltaire on Friday night but the subsequent actions of the missing Salah has lead investigators to believe that he may have chose to flee rather than blow himself up. He should have ignited de France his explosive device in the Rue Cokerie nearby the Stade outside a burger restaurant.
