Belgian police arrested six people in house searches in the city today as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to carry out an attack.
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The man, identified as Ayoub B., a Belgian national, was captured in a raid in the turbulent Brussels neighborhood Molenbeek, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
Nine people in Belgium had already been arrested in connection with the attacks, in which 130 people lost their lives and hundreds more were injured.
The Paris terror attacks – for which the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, has claimed responsibility – have increased security concerns across the globe, especially with New Year’s Eve celebrations scheduled in various major cities internationally.
The same address had also been targeted three days after the Paris attacks by police searching for suspect Salah Abdeslam, who is believed to have acted as logistician for the November 13 killers and remains a fugitive.
Belgium canceled official festivities on Wednesday in its capital due to significant risk of a terrorist act, Bloomberg reported.
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.
“In these circumstances, we can’t check everyone”, Mayeur said.
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Turkey has been on a high security alert since October, when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of peace activists in Ankara, killing 103 in the worst attack in the country’s modern history.
