Two days after the bloody bombings in Brussels, in which 31 people were killed and nearly 300 were injured, the Belgian police carried out in the capital of another counterterrorism operations.
Belgian television RTBF reported that this morning during a police operation arrested at least one person in the neighborhood of Forest. In Thursday night and arrested six people suspected of ties to terrorists. The prosecution now has to decide whether they will remain in custody.
At the moment there is no information on the identity of the arrested persons. Police action will now continue.
The arrests came a few hours after the information center of the crisis, that the level of terrorist threat in Belgium has been lowered from the level of the fourth, the highest for the third.
Today will be run the new subway lines, railway stations, and checks before entering them will continue to be carried out, but not as thoroughly as before.
(the first moments after the terrorist attack on the Brussels airport registered an amateur recording video)
Source: Storyful / x-news
and in Belgium did not fall silent discussion and questions about the effectiveness of the security services. They are criticized for having ignored warnings about the threat of attacks and could not track down terrorists. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel was therefore on Thursday in parliament.
– The Government ensures that he will do everything to with subordinate departments to clarify all the circumstances of this drama and determine why could not prevent the tragedy – said the head the Belgian government.
Today in parliament clarifications on the attacks submit ministers – foreign affairs, justice and home affairs.
Less risk of coup
the level of terrorist threat in Belgium was downgraded from the highest level, fourth level to the third. This information gave the Belgian crisis team. The highest alert in force Tuesday – from terrorist attacks that rocked Brussels.
the bombings in Brussels
the fourth level marked that the risk of a terrorist attack is very serious and direct. Crisis center after assessing the situation, decided that until such a threat is not – it is smaller, but still there. The army and the police probably will be for quite some time on the streets and government buildings, embassies, EU institutions, railway stations and airports will have greater protection.
The Belgian crisis center decided to reduce the level of terrorist threat although still is searched for a man suspected of organizing attacks at the airport, who detonated the load, and – it is assumed – escaped.
Police also checks whether the attack on the Brussels metro made two terrorists. CCTV cameras recorded the man entering the subway with a large bag. There is a suggestion that he could have a bomb in it. So far, police reported a one zamachowcu suicide, which made the attack, and that has already been identified.
The Americans knew the bombers
The TV station NBC, citing An American source security informed that two brukselscy bombers – brothers Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui – were known to US authorities.
According to these sources, the two were in an American database, which collects information about potential terrorists.
due to various crimes brothers were well known to the Belgian police. The fact that Ibrahim El Bakraoui finished 14th June 2015. deported from Turkey, while Belgium had ignored warnings that he is Islamist fighter, said on Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Source: RUPTLY / x-news
the 27-year-old Khalid El Bakraoui blew himself up on Tuesday morning, the air in the subway station Maelbeek Metro and close to the EU institutions. His brother, 29-year-old Ibrahim was one of two suicide bombers who detonated at the check Brussels Airport hidden in the luggage of explosives. Both were citizens of Belgium.
CNN said, citing as an American source of security that the Islamic State, which has granted SIA to Tuesday’s attack in Brussels and the November attacks in Paris, has plans for further attacks on European targets.
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