Belgium charges man over Paris terror attacks

Belgium charges man over Paris terror attacks
BY BNO NEWS

BRUSSELS: -- A man who was arrested during a raid in Belgium on Sunday has been charged with terrorism offenses in connection with this month’s deadly attacks in Paris, the federal prosecutor’s office says.

The man, whose name was not made public, was one of the 16 people who were arrested in raids in Brussels and Charleroi on late Sunday. Details about the exact nature of his alleged links to the Paris attacks were not immediately disclosed.

“The Federal Prosecutor’s Office can inform you that today the investigating judge, specialized in terrorism cases, placed into custody a man arrested during the operations last night,” the office said in a statement. “He is charged with participating to activities of a terrorist group and with terrorist attack (Paris).”

The other 15 people detained during Sunday’s raids were released without charges by the investigating judge. Two of the five people who were arrested in new raids earlier on Monday have also been released without charge. The remaining three remain in custody pending a decision from the judge.

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-- eThailand 2015-11-24