Police detain 8 people who may have been preparing terrorist attack in Belgium

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  1. The Federal Judicial Police last night arrested a total of eight people possibly involved in preparations for a terror attack in our country. These are two different cases that may be linked.

    Judicial police last night carried out 5 house searches, in Merksem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek and Eupen. In the process, 5 people were arrested for questioning.

    At least 2 of them are suspected of preparing for a terror attack. According to our information, the attack would involve firearms. A target would not yet have been chosen.

    In another investigation, another 3 people have been arrested in Zaventem, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek and Schaarbeek. They too are alleged to have prepared an attack. “There are links between the two cases but the further investigation will have to show to what extent the two groups were intertwined,” the federal public prosecutor’s office echoes.

    The OCAD/OCAM, the government body that monitors the terrorist threat in our country, says that the general threat level remains at 2, “because it looks like the services have everything well under control at the moment”. “But the situation is obviously being monitored closely.”

  2. Information is still sparse, but considering most house searches have been carried out in migrant-heavy neighbourhoods (Molenbeek, Schaarbeek, Borgerhout, Deurne or even Zaventem), it might have something to do with ~~islamic~~ *islamist* terrorism, which would be even more controversial during Ramadan.

    EDIT: replaced islamic with islamist

    EDIT 2: It seems like my suspicions were correct:

    “According to the federal prosecutor’s office, we must situate the suspects in the radical Islamist milieu: “They are young adults who were radicalised at short notice.” Our sources report that they were making plans to carry out an attack with firearms in the near future. A target was reportedly not yet chosen.”

  3. It has to be said, our intelligence services have been doing a great job lately. Doubling its staff (finally) wasn’t a bad idea after all.

  4. Common denominator in those areas might already provide some clues. Poverty is usually pointed out in this sub, yet i feel its insulting to poor people.

  5. Why they dont find Russian terrosrists ?
    We are at war with russia now And not muslims

    And they have to do such random “arrests” to show that they are doing something

    News say that they MIGHT be preparing. I mean they would be going to market to get some iftaar and go ti.mosque to.pray after iftaar.
    Thata too much ‘muslimness’ for being in Europe I think

    And the fact that Belgians beleive in this kind of crap when they been contimously lied to since 9/11 , makes my head go crazy .

    We tend to beleive such news which feed our bias even though thar is far from any news

    Tldr: its another crao story /news jusr ti divert attention towards OTHERS, to hide their own.incompetency to run the country .. Which has become Quite a popular trend

  6. Would love to see how the extra millions spend on surveillance helped in this. Compared to just investing in, you know, actual people on the job. (If any camera did help, it’ll be all over the article.)

  7. I am not shocked at all. Poverty is a thriving factor pushing these people into extremism. Usually they are misguided by a “father or big brother figure”. I ve known a lot of people who succumbed to this due to poverty but got out barely in time.

    And whenever those “figures” are being deported or have criminal record, they use these young people as pawns to do their evil bidding. Thinly covered with Islam. Because those people cant even read the qoran. Thus whatever those “figures” say they claim it is the true word of allah.

    It is easier to make someone believe in a reward in afterlive to do evil shit because those evil figures take away their chances to build a life here.

    Idk. Just a ramadan rant. Makes me sick that terrorists abuse the religion.

  8. Als ik zoiets hoor of lees dan denk ik altijd dat deze kerels Gefaalde/Wannebe Rappers zijn.
    Weet niet hoe het komt…

    Losers sowieso.

  9. Waren bekend in het milieu door de politie, reeds gearresteerd en opnieuw vrijgelaten.
    Goe bezig mannen, geeft die 50 jaar effectief op water en brood, wat is dáár mis mee?

  10. Why do they even bother? Politicians have been terrorizing us for decades, you can’t beat that level of experience.

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