At Least 2 Killed In Belgian Anti-Terror Raid After Arms Dealer Linked To Charlie Hebdo Arrested
AMANDA MACIAS AND REUTERS
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Jan. 15, 2015
Two people were killed and one person was seriously wounded Thursday during a police counterterrorism raid in the Belgian city of Verviers, in the province of Liège near the German border, RTBF reports.
The operation was intended to check on suspected radicals believed to have returned to the area after taking part in the Syrian civil war. Belgium has seen significant radical Islamist activity among its Muslim population.
Earlier, Belgian authorities had detained a man for arms dealing and are investigating whether he supplied one of the Islamist gunmen who together killed 17 people in Paris last week, prosecutors said on Thursday. According to RTBF, a press conference is scheduled for 8 p.m. local time (2 p.m. ET).
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