Islamist group 'planning police

station attack' in Belgium

F R I DAY 16 JANUARY 2015
An Islamist group may have been planning an attack on police stations,
Belgian police say, after finding police uniforms, guns and explosives during
a major counter-terrorism operation.

Above: police carry out forensics at a bakery in Vervier.

With police forces across Europe conducting counter-terrorist

operations, Belgian police said they are holding 13 suspects detained
during raids acorss Belgium on Thursday.
In the town of Verviers officers came under fire when trying to raid a bakery.
Two of the alleged gunmen were killed and a third man was arrested. the

two deceased have not yet been identified.

In a press conference on Friday state prosecutors said they had found the
guns, explosives and uniforms at a Verviers apartment.
There was no apparent links with the Paris attacks in which 17 people died
last week, the press conference heard.
'Logistical support'
At the same time as the Belgian operation, police in Germany and France
also launched counter terrorist operations.
French police arrested twelve suspects overnight and questioned them
about any "logistical support" they may have given the gunmen who
carried out the Paris terror attacks.
A source in the judiciary told AFP that suspects were questioned over what
assistance they may have provided for the attack in which 17 died, such as
providing weapons.
There were also reports on Friday morning that the Gare de l'Est station in
Paris was evacuated following a bomb threat.

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Police have been searching five towns in the ongoing operation following last week's
attack - which began with the assault on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie
Hebdo.
Copies of the "survivors' issue" of Charlie Hebdo went on sale in the UK on
Friday morning.
John Kerry met with French President Francois Hollande on Friday to offer US
support, and visited the kosher supermarket where hostages were held last
week.
Berlin raid
Two men were also arrested in a series of raids in the German capital Berlin.
Authorities said 250 police officers were involved in the operation, which
followed a month-long investigation into men linked to the Syrian conflict.

Above: German special forces outside an apartment building in Berlin

The arrests followed investigations which have been going on for several
months into five Turkish citizens aged 31 to 44, who are suspected of
"preparing a serious act of violence against the state in Syria" and money
laundering, police said.
Police said they stormed 11 properties linked to radical Islamic Salafists in
the operation.
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