2023-05-04 15:18:00
The suspects did not yet have a specific target for their attack, but were actively searching for weapons. Most of the suspects arrested are Chechens. Three of them also have Belgian nationality. They belong to a group of fervent supporters of the terrorist group Islamic State, further specifies the federal prosecution.
The investigating judge will later decide whether to summon them and possibly issue an arrest warrant. The potential charges are attempted terrorist assassination, participation in the activities of a terrorist group and preparation of a terrorist attack.
Following these searches, the general level of the threat in Belgium is maintained at level 2 on a scale of 4, which means that the threat is considered medium, specifies Ocam (Coordinating body for the analysis of the threat).
”In a short time, it was the third cell that we dismantled which was planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Belgium. It is alarming. We see that radicalization takes place very quickly in certain circles”, says Eric Van Der. Sypt of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office at VRT NWS.
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