They were planning a terrorist attack in Belgium: 8 people arrested

8 people were arrested by the Belgian police on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. The local media reported it. According to preliminary information, the arrests are the result of 2 separate counter-terrorism operations in Brussels and Antwerp. The files were initially separate, and concerned 2 young adults suspected of violent radicalism. The investigations revealed the existence of links between these 2 people and the presence around them of potentially “dangerous” individuals. Sources close to the investigation explain that the suspects “seemed determined to carry out a terrorist attack”.