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Arrests in Belgium after possible attack plot overheard
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Belgian authorities stopped a bus travelling to Brussels from northern France this morning and arrested three people after a passenger overheard them discussing a possible ‘terrorist’ plot, the local public prosecution office said.
“Every time we get a notification like that we take it very seriously and we don’t want to take any risk,” a spokesperson at the Ghent prosecution office said, adding that police were currently checking the bus, its 46 passengers and their luggage.
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She declined to disclose any details on the suspects as well as on the content of their conversation.
Belgium is on heightened alert after the so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack that killed two in Brussels in October.