Preventative Arrests of Potential Teen Terrorists: The Challenge of Online Radicalization

2024-03-04 12:08:00

Aged between 15 and 18, the suspects were simultaneously arrested on Sunday morning in Brussels, Ninove, Liège and Charleroi. They planned to take action in the short term and the police and investigators intervened as a preventative measure. “Better too early than too late and so we decided to intervene,” explained the federal prosecutor.

Four people, including three minors, arrested for planning a terrorist attack: “Online radicalization represents a major challenge”

The young people’s homes were searched and no weapons or explosives were found. They, suspected of participating in a terrorist group and preparing a terrorist attack, will be brought to justice on Thursday. Phones and computers were seized in an attempt to discover compromising elements.

As for concert halls, the trauma of the Bataclan attack in 2015 is still very present. Specific security measures have been taken since then. “We had a concert on Saturday and Sunday and the security system is always identical. If it appeared that the Ocam level had to go down to 2, we would however remain permanently at level 3,” explains Coralie Berael, spokesperson. words of Forest National. “Our security system is made up of police and security agents and we have not received any instructions following the searches.”

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