WORLD NEWS | Belgium detains seven suspects in plotting terror attack

brussels [Belgium]May 4 (ANI): Seven people suspected of planning a terrorist attack in Belgium have been detained, Euronews reported, citing a statement from the Federal Prosecutor’s Office.

The suspect was detained after searches by the East-Flemish Federal Judicial Police and an investigative judge specialized in terrorism in the West-Flemish provinces of Roeselare, Menen, Ostend, Wevelgem and Ghent, according to news reports.

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“Seven people were deprived of their liberty and interrogated,” the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement. According to Euronews, almost all of the suspects were Chechen nationals, staunch supporters of the so-called Islamic State. Three of the suspects hold Belgian nationality.

“The examining judge will decide later whether to bring them before him and may issue an arrest warrant. The possible charges are attempted assassination of terrorists, participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and preparation of terrorist attacks,” the statement said, according to Euronews.

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It further said, “According to news reports, they are all suspected of preparing a terrorist attack in Belgium. According to the statement, the exact target of the planned attack has not yet been identified. (ANI)

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