Europe on Alert as Police Swoop on Terrorist Suspects
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Belgian police said they killed two terrorists and foiled a “major” attack as security forces across Europe swooped on suspected Islamist cells amid heightened tensions after last week’s massacre in France.
The shootout in the eastern Belgian town of Verviers and other raids around Brussels came a week after suspected Islamist gunmen killed 17 people in three days of attacks in and around Paris, including nine journalists at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. French police arrested 12 people in the Paris region who may be connected to last week’s terror attacks, while a gunman who took hostages at a post office near Paris was arrested and the people freed, AFP reported.