European authorities arrest dozens in anti-terror raids

[brooklynite]

Source: France 24

Dozens of suspected jihadists were arrested on Friday as Belgium announced it had broken up a terrorist cell planning to target police and as France pursued fresh leads on finding accomplices in last week's Paris attacks.

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Belgian police arrested 13 people in a series of raids, five of whom were later charged with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group", federal prosecutors' spokesman Eric Van der Sijpt told AFP on Friday.

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French police separately arrested 12 people overnight and questioned them about "possible logistic support" they may have given to those behind the Paris attacks – brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, who attacked the Charlie Hebdo offices, and Amedy Coulibaly, who took hostages at a kosher market shortly after shooting dead a policewoman.

The alleged leader of a Turkish-Russian group planning attacks in Syria and another man in charge of financing were arrested in raids on suspected Islamist sites in and around Berlin by more than 200 police officers, German officials said.


Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20150116-dozens-arrested-european-anti-terror-raids-belgium-germany-france/

[inanna]

1. Belgium deploys troops following anti-terror raids (BBC)

17 January 2015 Last updated at 07:48 ET

Troops have been deployed across Belgium to guard potential targets of terrorist attacks, following a series of anti-terror raids and arrests.

Up to 300 soldiers will be mobilised in cities including Brussels and Antwerp.

Europe is on high alert after Islamist gunmen killed 17 people in Paris. More than 20 people have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany.

There are increased concerns about the return of young Europeans who have gone to fight in Iraq and Syria.

Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30860064

A comment regarding your source (France 24): I have found their coverage of these events to be excellent. They have a live news feed in English here:

[winstars]

5. Its a good news channel. I was recently traveling abroad and it was on in English in many hotels...

I have been watching it at home via my Apple TV on Youtube during the last couple of weeks...

[inanna]

7. I was unaware of France 24

until the attacks in Paris.

Since then, I've added it to my news feed.

[inanna]

2. Greek police arrest four over Belgium terrorist plot

Date 17.01.2015

Greek police say they have arrested several people in connection with a foiled terrorist attack in Belgium this week. Brussels has meanwhile deployed hundreds of troops to help maintain security.

Greek police on Saturday arrested at least four people in the capital, Athens, as part of an investigation into a terrorist plot foiled in Belgium this week, a police source and media say.

It is still unknown whether those arrested include Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 27-year-old man of Moroccan origin who Belgian authorities reportedly believe may be the mastermind of the terrorist cell behind the foiled plot.

The arrests come in the wake of Belgian police raids on an alleged jihadist cell in the eastern city of Verviers on Thursday night during which two suspected Islamist gunmen were killed and a third wounded.

Thirteen suspects were subsequently arrested across the country, and two more held in France at Belgium's request.

Link: http://www.dw.de/greek-police-arrest-four-over-belgium-terrorist-plot/a-18198210

[Rhinodawg]

3. I can't believe I'm saying this..but...

Europe has finally said ENOUGH !!

[inanna]

4. Security boosted as Europe scrambles to handle growing threats (CNN)

Updated 1624 GMT (0024 HKT) January 17, 2015

Brussels (CNN)Soldiers stood guard outside the Jewish Museum in central Brussels on Saturday, as Belgium joined France in deploying its military alongside police to counter the threat of potential terror attacks.

Security has been stepped up across Europe in the wake of last week's shootings in Paris and a sweeping Belgian counterterror operation two days ago that left two suspects dead in the city of Verviers.

An attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels last year by an accused gunman suspected of having joined ISIS in Syria left four people dead.

Soldiers in camouflage gear and police could also be seen by the Great Synagogue of Europe in Brussels and some roads in the area were closed to traffic. Troops have also been deployed in Belgium's largest city, Antwerp, to protect the Jewish district there.

The move follows a series of police raids that authorities said targeted a terror cell on the brink of carrying out an attack against police officers.

Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/17/europe/europe-terrorism-threat/

Video at link.

[seveneyes]

6. Hopefully they are locked away from society this time for good

Unlike the brothers that were set free to carry out their killing spree.