Six arrested in Brussels after suicide attacks

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Six arrested in Brussels after suicide attacks



BRUSSELS: -- Belgian authorities say six people have been arrested as part of the investigation into Tuesday’s suicide bombings in Brussels.

The Federal Prosecutor’s office is quoted as saying that three were detained in front of its building in the city centre.

It comes after the authorities lowered the security alert level down a notch from four – the highest level – to three, and as the search continues for at least one Brussels attacker now on the run.

Police are looking for the man captured by a security camera at Brussels airport along with two suicide bombers.

The man who was wearing a hat and a cream jacket has not been named. There are reports that a suspected second bomber in the attack on the metro is also being sought.

Turkey’s accusations that it had deported one of the suicide bombers and had warned Belgium about him prompted two Belgian ministers to offer to resign yesterday.

The Prime Minister Charles Michel asked Interior Minister Jan Jambon and Justice Minister Koen Geens to stay on.

Belgium is facing more questions about alleged intelligence failures.

In Washington, Reuters has reported, quoting unnamed sources, that two brothers who blew themselves up in this week’s attacks were on a US terror watch list.

But they did not say when the pair, Ibrahim and Khalid el-Bakraoui, were added to the list and the information has not been confirmed.

The Dutch Justice Minister Ard van der Steur has denied reports that Ibrahim el-Bakraoui – who Turkey said had been deported to the Netherlands – was on Dutch or international wanted lists.


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