Belgium has opened a terrorism probe linked to the attacks in Paris as police raided a neighbourhood in the capital Brussels and arrested several suspects, prosecutors said Saturday.
The federal prosecutor's office said its counterparts in Paris had asked for help after a car with Belgian license plates and rented in Belgium was found near a concert hall where scores of people were killed on Friday night.
An anti-terrorism judge took up the case because two of the people killed in Paris were Belgians, the office said in a statement.
"The investigation is opened into a charge of terrorism and participation in the activities of a terrorist group," the prosecutor's office said.
"Several arrests were carried out at the end of the afternoon. The operations are still underway in the Molenbeek neighbourhood," it added.
Belgium has opened a terrorism probe linked to the attacks in Paris as police raided a neighbourhood in the capital Brussels and arrested several suspects, prosecutors said Saturday.
The federal prosecutor’s office said its counterparts in Paris had asked for help after a car with Belgian license plates and rented in Belgium was found near a concert hall where scores of people were killed on Friday night.
An anti-terrorism judge took up the case because two of the people killed in Paris were Belgians, the office said in a statement.
“The investigation is opened into a charge of terrorism and participation in the activities of a terrorist group,” the prosecutor’s office said.
“Several arrests were carried out at the end of the afternoon. The operations are still underway in the Molenbeek neighbourhood,” it added.
