Two persons arrested in Belgium in terror probe

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Belgian police on Friday arrested two men in connection with an anti-terrorism case, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said.

“Both are suspected of planning a terrorist attack somewhere in Belgium,” the prosecutor’s office said Saturday.

Seven house searches in Mons and one house search in Liege led to the arrests, CNN reports.

For the time being there is no connection with the terrorist attacks” on March 22 at the national airport and the metro station in Brussels. ISIS claimed responsibility for the twin bombings, which killed 32 people.Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management

Ahead of the June raids, several senior ministers were given heightened security protection because of new intelligence about specific threats. according to RTBF, which cited the government’s Coordinating Unit for Threat Analysis. Prime Minister Charles Michel, Foreign Minister Didier Reynders and Interior Minister Jan Jambon were among those receiving heightened protection, RTBF reports.

Belgium has the highest number of foreign fighters per capita in Syria of any Western European nation.

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