Belgian police detain 9 in anti-terrorism probe
Belgian police briefly detained nine men on Friday in a joint operation with France against suspected terrorist cells linked to Islamist militants, the federal prosecutor’s office said. Police held the men, whose identity was not revealed, for questioning after raiding their homes in Brussels and the towns of Verviers and Nivelles, seizing computers, books and other papers. “They were released in the evening as for now there is not enough evidence for arrests. But this does not mean there is no case,” said Lieve Pellens, the federal prosecutor’s spokeswoman. Full Story