Belgian prosecutors say six people have been detained in connection with an alleged plot to attack public New Year’s Eve celebrations, which had already been cancelled due to the threat of terrorism.
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Belgian police were holding five people over an alleged New Year attack plot in Brussels, as well as arresting a 10th suspect over the Paris attacks.
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Later on today, a court will decide whether their stay in police custody could be extended, as had happened in the case of two other terror suspects who had been arrested earlier this week.
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In Ivory Coast, 3,100 prisoners held after post-election violence in 2010-2011 will also start 2016 on a happy note after President Alassane Ouattara announced in his New Year’s address he would reduce their sentences.
Belgian police have arrested a 10th suspect in connection with the Paris terror attacks.
“I wouldn’t have come but I feel sorry that we had to do it because of a few lunatics, not to use another word”, said Boedt, a former artist.
In New York City, where one million people pack into Times Square every year, officials said 6,000 officers, some in plain clothes, would be on hand to watch over celebrations. Vienna police had said that several European cities had been warned of possible New Year’s Eve attacks and that revelers in the Austrian capital would face tighter checks.
The coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13 hit the Stade de France in Saint-Denis as well as restaurants, cafés and a concert hall.
Two female police officers and eight Belgian soldiers are said to have engaged in group sex at the police station near Molenbeek, where anti-terror raids were taking place, the Guardian reports.
Authorities in Russian Federation and China announced that high-profile gathering places – including Moscow’s Red Square – would be closed for the evening. Police suspect most if not all of the men had contact with Salah Abdeslam, who was one of the terrorists responsible for the attacks in Paris last month.
South Koreans marked New Year’s Eve with traditional bell ringing ceremonies, fireworks and outdoor music and dance performances. The contingent, known as the critical response command, will be armed with long rifles such as M4 carbines – a first for the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.
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Crowds thronged to vantage points to see the displays, which were expected to draw 1 million people, ahead of the chimes of midnight moving across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and finally the Americas. For example, when it was believed that ISIS terrorists could attack Atlanta, Georgia, during a major WWE wrestling event, some people feared a terrorist attack might be actually happening when Macy’s launched their fireworks during a Christmas tree lighting display.
