Two brothers have been arrested in Belgium on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced Saturday.
Nourredine H., 33, and his brother Hamza H. were taken in for questioning following police searches Friday evening in the city of Liege and the Mons region. A Belgian judge will decide Saturday whether the two men should remain in custody.
The police searches were carried out at the request of a magistrate specializing in terrorism investigations, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. It said that according to preliminary information, the brothers may have been involved in plans to commit an attack in Belgium.
In the search of seven houses in the Mons area and Liege, no weapons or explosives were found, officials said.
Read more at Fox News
Image courtesy of nbcnews.com
Two brothers have been arrested in Belgium on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced Saturday.
Nourredine H., 33, and his brother Hamza H. were taken in for questioning following police searches Friday evening in the city of Liege and the Mons region. A Belgian judge will decide Saturday whether the two men should remain in custody.
The police searches were carried out at the request of a magistrate specializing in terrorism investigations, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. It said that according to preliminary information, the brothers may have been involved in plans to commit an attack in Belgium.
In the search of seven houses in the Mons area and Liege, no weapons or explosives were found, officials said.
Read more at Fox News
Image courtesy of nbcnews.com
COMMENTS
There are on this article.
You must become a subscriber or login to view or post comments on this article.