Belgian police arrest 12 in huge anti-terror operation
Those arrested suspected of planning attack in Brussels during country’s soccer game in Euros
Twelve people suspected of planning new terror attacks were arrested in Brussels on Friday and Saturday after police carried out about 40 house searches across Belgium, the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement. File photograph:Yves Herman/Reuters
Belgian police arrested 12 suspects in a major anti-terror operation overnight amid security alerts in Belgium and France around the Euro 2016 soccer tournament and just three months after Islamist bombers wrought carnage in Brussels.
