City officials announced Wednesday that they would cancel the New Year’s Eve fireworks display and other events out of concern about a possible terror attack.
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On Tuesday, federal prosecutors said two people suspected of plotting an attack in Brussels on New Year’s Eve had been arrested during house searches in different parts of the country.
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The two men arrested in Brussels yesterday were allegedly plotting to attack “symbolic targets” in the city on New Year’s Eve, but other details are sparse.
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The government raised the threat level in Brussels to a “4” last month – an indication that an attack was “serious and imminent” – after the November 13 terrorist assaults in Paris that left 130 people dead.
The man was detained Wednesday following a search in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels, where some of the Paris attackers lived, including suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud. Yesterday, Belgian authorities arrested another man – Ayoub B. – on the suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization and involvement in terror related murders.
“I really believe that the people from Brussels need to go out, party and need to gather as well, and to bond together”, said Pablo Saccomano, who manages a Brussels nightclub.
Security has been stepped up in many cities across Europe ahead of New Year festivities.
Molenbeek is home to the Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam and has emerged as a European hotbed of Islamist extremism.
A source close to the investigation told AFP officials were trying to determine whether members of a motorcyle gang, the so-called “Kamikaze Riders”, were involved in the plot.
Turkey has been on high security alert since more than 100 people were killed in twin blasts in Ankara on October 10.
According to reports, the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said the decision was made due to information they had received.
“Restaurants, bars and private party halls will allow people to celebrate” the New Year, he said, adding that the decision to cancel the public festivities was “difficult”.
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In Paris a New Year fireworks display has been abandoned, but the traditional gathering on the Champs-Elysees will take place amid tight security.
