Thursday, January 15, 2015

Belgium - Verviers: Two dead, One arrested in a police operation against suspected Islamist terrorists



Belgium - Verviers: 3 dead in a police operation against suspected terrorists. (HLN) . (RTBF).[GoogleTranslate].

Update: [GoogleTranslate] -

Two young jihadists returning from Syria, after following the Coulibaly 'Highway', killed in Verviers: "We avoided a Belgian Charlie Hebdo"! (video and photos).

The Federal Police is currently in action in the streets of the Hill in Verviers. An assault was given against an alleged terrorist group. Two suspects are dead. A third was arrested by the police.

Two suspects are dead. A third was arrested. Information confirmed by Eric Vandersypt, the federal prosecution. The operation is still ongoing, he added. Bomb Disposal service is on site for possible explosives.

According to a police source, "with this procedure, a Charlie Hebdo was avoided in Belgium."

According to LCI, these three young jihadists returning from Syria: they would have followed the  Coulibaly 'highway', including the author of the shooting in the Hyper Kosher last week in Paris. The continuous chain site explains: " There is a link between the operation in Belgium and support network Amédy Coulibal " . The channel quoted Christophe Moulin, specialist police and the justice: " This is a group that dealt with departures in Syria and also ​​the supply of weapons to organized crime and Islamist groups "

" The three men were monitored for a long time, they were returning from conflict zones. - probably Syria - and they had planned an attack against a police station They had Kalashnikovs. "also says Standaard .

Reportedly, three people died in an assault given by the police against an alleged terrorist group in Verviers on Thursday night.

Several people were arrested. Several explosions and detonations were heard in Verviers in the neighborhood of the station, according to testimony collected by RTBF.

There are giving different testimonies. So says a witness to RTL that they heard gunfire from automatic rifles for ten minutes. On Twitter, one speaks of 3 to 4 large explosions. Now more.

According to the Belgian news channel VRT the action involves Muslim fundamentalists who were planning to carry out an attack. 

  Update : According to Fed Prosecutor there are TWO dead, one wounded. The victims would be returning Jihadis from Syria.

 Anti-terror operation in #Belgium supposedly in coordination with 7 countries, Yemen was among them.

Armed man in Brussels metro was arrested but not related to ongoing police action against terrorists.



 Newspaper 'LaMeuse' will give live report from the FED prosecutor briefing



















Several explosions and detonations were heard in the streets of the Hill. Several people were arrested. Police told residents to remain cloistered at home and lowering the shutters. Rue du Palais as well as the schools are closed to traffic. It would be a DSU service intervention.





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