Belgium arrests five in Paris attacks probe: prosecutors
By AFP
21 December 2015 |
1:31 pm
Belgian police have arrested a total of five people including two brothers in a series of raids in connection with last month's Paris attacks, prosecutors said on Monday. Police arrested the two brothers and a third person in a house raid in central Brussels on Sunday, while two others were detained in a separate search…
Belgian police have arrested a total of five people including two brothers in a series of raids in connection with last month’s Paris attacks, prosecutors said on Monday.
Police arrested the two brothers and a third person in a house raid in central Brussels on Sunday, while two others were detained in a separate search in a suburb on Monday, the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
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