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Three people have died in an anti-terror raid in eastern Belgium, according to reports. Federal prosecutors were quoted as saying there had been a police operation near the centre of Verviers. The Belga news agency said there were several casualties and police activity was continuing. Explosions and gunfire were apparently heard near the station, according to Belgium's public broadcaster RTBF "An operation is under way," a source in the mayor's office told AFP without giving further details. Another official said separately it was "jihadist-related".

Two people have been killed in an anti-terror operation in eastern Belgium, local officials say. A third person was wounded during the raid in the town of Verviers, according to Belgian TV. A source in the mayor’s office told AFP news agency that “an operation is under way”. Another official said the raid was “jihadist-related”. …

<p>At least 3 people were killed in an anti-terror raid in Belgium Thursday that one official confirmed was "jihadist related," and a man suspected of selling guns used in last week’s terror attacks in France was being detained in another part of the country, according to multiple reports.</p>

An anti-terrorism raid targeting groups linked to ISIS was captured on amateur video camera in the eastern Belgian city of Verviers Thursday. Authorities are reporting that two people have been killed in connection with an investigation into a terrorist group planning attacks throughout Belgium. The assault against the Islamo-Fascist group took place on Rue de la Colline in Verviers, about 70 miles from Brussels. Authorities indicate further investigations are being made against various groups connected to Sharia Islam radical groups. According to a Belgian anti-terrorist operative, the Syrian group was trained and financed by ISIS, with instructions to carry out...

I’m tempted to say that Europe’s jihad problem is going to get worse before it gets better, but it’s probably not going to get better.Most reports say two dead and one wounded. AFP says it’s three. The men targeted in Verviers were under surveillance returning from Syria a week ago, Belgian media reported…Several reports said a series of other anti-terror raids were under way across Belgium, including in the capital Brussels, where the European Union is headquartered…A … witness said he saw two young men apparently of North African origin “dressed all in black carrying a bag of the...

Police stopped a "Belgian Charlie Hebdo" late Thursday, with government agents killing at least two in raids aimed at jihadists returning from Syria who were planning to launch terrorist attacks "on a grand scale," according to police and prosecutors. The raids included one on an apartment above a bakery in the eastern city of Verviers, authorities said. They said no officers were injured and that the suspects opened fire on them as the swooped in. Authorities said the terror cell had ties to ISIS and was planning a major attack. "We've averted a Belgian Charlie Hebdo," an unidentified police officer...

Last December 11, fourteen individuals were arrested in the early hours of the morning in one of the largest counterterrorism operations in Belgian history. Six were eventually charged with participation in a terrorist group. The others were released. The officials told CNN that the alleged cell had connections to a senior al Qaeda operative who helped orchestrate the 2006 "Airline Plot," widely recognized as al Qaeda's most serious terror attempt since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. The source could not reveal the operative's name to CNN because of the ongoing investigation. The 2006 plot involved plans...

No Brussels Fireworks Amid Terror Threat Published: 12/30/07, 10:05 AM EDT BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Traditional New Year's Eve fireworks in central Brussels have been canceled due to a continuing terror threat in the Belgian capital, officials said Sunday. The popular downtown Christmas market will close early, at 6 p.m., on Dec. 31 rather than staying open all night, and the adjacent skating rink will shut at 8 p.m. Authorities warned of an increased risk of attack after police last week detained 14 people suspected of plotting to help an accused al-Qaida militant break out of jail. The inmate, Nizar...

BRUSSELS – A Moroccan man suspected of helping to mastermind last year's deadly train bombings in Madrid has been arrested in Brussels. Twenty-eight-year-old Youssef Belhadj was arrested in Molenbeek on Tuesday after the Spanish police issued an international arrest warrant for him. He was due to appear in court in Brussels on Wednesday. Spanish investigators think Belhadj could be Abu Dujanah, the man who appeared on a video tape a few days after the Madrid massacre, saying he was al-Qaeda’s spokesman in Europe. In the recording, he stated al-Qaeda was responsible for the bombing of the 11 commuter trains –...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police arrested two suspected Sudanese members of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network at Brussels' main airport late Friday, Belgium's VTM commercial television reported Saturday. A Belgian federal police spokesman said two arrests had been made, but was unable to give further details. "I can confirm that there have been two arrests in Zaventem (airport). I don't know about their nationality or any supposed terrorist ties," spokesman Jan van Ransbeeck said, adding that he believed the arrests were made early Saturday. VTM said the two had flown in from Athens, Greece, and were traveling on forged...