Investigators have confirmed links between the perpetrators, some of whom were based in Belgium.
Police
at the scene where shots were fired during a police search of a house in
the suburb of Forest near Brussels, Belgium, March 15, 2016.
Twelve people suspected of planning new attacks were arrested across Belgium
overnight after police carried out about 40 house searches in the
country, the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement on
Saturday, June 18.
"In connection with a
criminal investigation concerning terrorism... 40 persons were taken for
questioning. Twelve among them were arrested. The investigating judge
will decide on their possible detention later today," the statement said.
Europe is on high alert as the Euro 2016 soccer tournament is under way in neighbouring France.
Islamist suicide bombers killed 32 people in Brussels in March
following attacks in Paris in November in which 130 people died.
Investigators have confirmed links between the perpetrators, some of whom were based in Belgium.
Flemish
public broadcaster VTM said the people arrested overnight were
suspected of planning an attack in Brussels this weekend during one of
Belgium's soccer matches in the Euros.
Belgian
police on Wednesday received an anti-terror alert warning that a group
of Islamic State fighters recently left Syria en route for Europe
planning attacks in Belgium and France, security officials said.
On
Friday police arrested and detained a man named as Youssef E.A, a
Belgian national, on suspicion of taking part in terrorist activities in
connection with the Brussels attacks.
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