Foiled Belgium terror attacks fuel fears of radical Islam in Europe

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Series Details 16.01.15
Publication Date 16/01/2015
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Belgium was on high alert after a series of anti-terror raids on the 15 January 2015 in which two suspected Islamist militants were killed and a third arrested.

The suspects were shot dead in the eastern town of Verviers after they opened fire on police with automatic weapons. All three All three people involved had recently returned from Syria.

300 Belgian military were deployed across several cities on the 17 January 2015 to reinforce the country's police, including the Belgian capital of Brussels and the northern port city of Antwerp, which had a large Jewish population.

Like Belgium, several other European nations also stepped up security in light of the attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Paris Jewish supermarket earlier in January 2015.

On 17 January 2015, Belgian prosecutors asked ofr the extradition of one of two terror suspects arrested in Greece on the same day over a possible link with the alleged Islamist plot against Belgian police.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/sections/security/foiled-belgium-terror-attacks-fuel-fears-radical-islam-europe-311329
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EUObserver, 15.01.15: Anti-terror raid leaves two dead in Belgium https://euobserver.com/justice/127232
BBC News, 16.01.15: Belgium on high alert after deadly anti-terror raid http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30843370
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EurActiv, 16.01.15: In Belgium and France, marginalised Muslims fight in Syria ‘out of despair’ http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/belgium-and-france-marginalised-muslims-fight-syria-out-despair-311338
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Deutsche Welle, 17.01.15: Belgium deploys hundreds of troops after foiled terrorist plot http://dw.de/p/1EM5t
The Conversation, 19.01.15: Much soul searching as Belgium confronts terror at home https://theconversation.com/much-soul-searching-as-belgium-confronts-terror-at-home-36406
BBC News, 18.01.15: Belgium seeks extradition of Greece detainee http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30873658
Deutsche Welle, 18.01.15:Belgium requests extradition of Greece terrorism suspect http://dw.de/p/1EMPp
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