Anti-terrorist operation yesterday in Belgian - French Border town.

Anti-terrorist operation yesterday in Belgian - French Border town. HT: DreuzeInfo.


An anti-terrorist operation was launched massive last night Komen, Belgium, in a number of houses where several jihadists were supposed to be hiding.

According to initial reports, police raided 33 different addresses and are looking for suspects, including a woman.

Yesterday around 17:45 thirty houses located along the Grand Rue (Belgium side) were evacuated urgently by the forces of French and Belgian order.

According to preliminary information gathered at the scene, it was a "major operation" to "secure" a house to serve as hideout or weapons cache.

82 people were forced to evacuate their emergency accommodation.

The police were heavily armed and a Belgian demining team was also present at the scene.

The Nord-Eclair newspaper writes, according to a Belgian judicial source, there was a link between this operation and the arrest of a jihadist Tuesday afternoon in Lille in possession of a machine pistol.

His arrest would have led to the houses of Komen.

"We have to put it all together from different sources. We do not currently provide hope for, in consultation with the prosecutor, we decided to give complete information Wednesday " , said the deputy prosecutor Frederic Bariseau Belgian RTBF.

The side of the French court, it has refused to comment on this.

It could be it is not an anti-terrorist operation but a crackdown in the mid arms traffickers. Nevertheless, it should be noted that the two media are closely related, the shooter Montrouge and hostage taker door of Vincennes, Amedy Coulibaly, had bought his weapons in Belgium.

Thirteen people were arrested. 

Five were charged with "membership of a terrorist group." 

Three were detained and are scheduled to appear Wednesday before the Brussels Council Chamber. 

Two jihadists were arrested in France and Belgium requests extradition. 

Another suspect, suspected of having links to that cell, was arrested Saturday in Athens. 

One of the two men wanted in Spain after the antijihadiste operation in Belgium was actually under electronic bracelet in Belgium and surrendered Tuesday to the local police, said the prosecutor.