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Belgian police arrest four suspected IS recruiters, planners of attacks

Publisher Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Publication Date 25 May 2016
Cite as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Belgian police arrest four suspected IS recruiters, planners of attacks, 25 May 2016, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5769016229.html [accessed 26 June 2017]
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May 25, 2016

Authorities in Belgium say they have detained four suspected recruiters for the Islamic State (IS) extremist group who may have planned new terrorist attacks.

A spokesman for Belgium's federal prosecutors, Eric Van der Sypt, said on May 25 the four were suspected of recruiting militants to go to Syria and Libya.

He said police found what he called 'traces' of a plot to launch a new attack in Belgium.

The arrests came just two months after three suicide bombers carried out coordinated attacks in Brussels, killing 32 victims.

Two other suspects were arrested in connection with the March 22 attacks – for which responsibility was claimed by IS.

Salah Abdeslam, a suspected terrorist in the November 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, was arrested at a hideout in Brussels on March 18.

Based on reporting by AP, AFP, and Reuters

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