Belgian prosecutors on Tuesday said that authorities have taken into custody two people suspected of plotting New Year’s Eve attacks of popular tourist spots in Brussels. It did not disclose their names or further information about them.
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The lockdown was imposed while police and soldiers in the city hunted terrorists who were believed to have been involved with the attacks in Paris.
The prosecutor’s office said the men had staked out possible locations in Ankara, where they could carry out the attacks.
He and other government officials declined to provide specifics, but Belgian media reported that police officers in the six police zones of Brussels will no longer be allowed to leave their stations alone or without their firearm, and that police stations in most neighborhoods will shut their doors at 8 p.m. instead of remaining open around the clock.
The state-run Anadolu Agency said Wednesday the two suspects, both Turkish nationals, were detained in a raid on a house in Ankara. Lahlali said. “It’s not like a risky, closed group with a terrorist agenda”.
Numerous terrorists lived in the notorious Molenbeek district of Brussels, including suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who was killed in a raid by French police.
As per the latest reports, no arms or explosives have been found and the authorities have not yet established any links to Paris attacks.
Belgium has come under intense scrutiny over an alleged lacklustre security service after several of the Paris attackers came from Brussels. Belgium has also been one of the leading sources in Europe for foreigners recruited to fight for IS or other extremist Muslim groups.
In this regard, the city authorities are deciding if a New Year’s Eve fireworks display at Place de Brouckere will proceed.
More than 30 people were also killed in an Islamic State suicide attack in the town of Suruc, near Turkey’s border with Syria, in July.
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“In these circumstances, we can’t check everyone”, Mayeur said. “So we take security measures that are adapted”.
