An anti-terrorist operation was Thursday at least two deaths in Verviers, near Liege, Belgium. An assault was given around 17.45 by the police against an alleged terrorist group in the station area. By the time the police arrived to conduct searches, the suspects opened fire “with weapons of war and handguns,” according to an official.
The police responded, killing two suspects and questioning a third. The security forces have no injuries in their ranks. “We are in the register of jihadists,” said a source close to the government, adding that several suspects were returning from Syria. “This group was about to commit major attacks in Belgium, and it imminently,” said the ministry Belgian public. No link is established at this stage between the antijihadiste operation and the Paris attacks, according to an official source.
Prime Minister Charles Michel summoned his ministers of Interior, Jan Jambon, and of Justice, Koen Geens, for a meeting with the security services, said Belga. “The fear must change camp,” he said on the night of Thursday to Friday at the end of the meeting. “This shows the determination of the Belgian government to fight those who want to sow terror,” said his spokesman.
VIDEO. Terrorism attack in Verviers (amateur images)
A witness said the “Soir”: “I was driving in front of the courthouse, I heard two bangs , I stopped. I was alone in the street and saw two young tumble 25 or 30 years dressed in black and carrying a bag of the same color. “The witness stated that the two individuals appeared distraught. “When I wanted to take the car, I noticed that everything was cordoned off by the police,” she says. “We avoided a bloodbath, physical damage to the population,” responded the chain RTBF Onkelinx, former Minister of Justice.
VIDEO. Operation in Belgium: testimony of a local resident
operations in other cities of the country
In addition, several other police operations were place in Brussels and other cities. In total, ten searches took place. They aimed “an operational unit composed of people, some returning from Syria,” according to prosecutors. The threat was the police, said the prosecutor. The alert level was raised Thursday February to March on a maximum level of 4 for the police and the courthouse.
VIDEO. Belgium: two dead in an anti-terrorist operation
The intervention would be conducted in this former bakery, called the Golden Crescent (Screenshot)
D ‘ The daily La Meuse, police said on Wednesday was ready to “anticipate potential attacks in Verviers”
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