Brussels manhunt after gunfire in raid

Brussels manhunt after gunfire in raid 'on Paris suspects'
10 minutes ago

Belgian security forces are hunting for at least two men after shots were fired at police during a counter-terrorism raid in the capital, Brussels.
Three officers were reportedly hurt, one of them seriously. Streets in the suburb of Forest have been sealed off .
A BBC reporter at the scene says there has been more gunfire subsequently.

The raid is linked to the Paris attacks which killed 130 people last November. Islamic State (IS) militants have claimed responsibility for the attacks.
After Tuesday's incident, police said they were pursuing at least two suspects who had escaped over rooftops.

Eric Van Der Sypt, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor, told AFP news agency that "police were fired at" during the raid on Tuesday afternoon. He added that the raid was "linked to the Paris attacks investigation".

A heavy exchange of fire was reported by witnesses
A major police operation is now under way, with a helicopter flying overhead.

The BBC's Damian Grammaticas at the scene says the whole area is flooded with police, with every access road being blocked.
He says the operation appears to be focusing on Rue de la Station road.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying that French police officers were also taking part in the Brussels raid.

Since the 13 November attacks, officials have identified most of the people they believe to have carried out the assaults.
Most of the suspects have either died during the attacks or been killed in later police raids.
But two suspects - Salah Abdeslam and Mohamed Abrini - are still on the run.
In addition, 11 people have been arrested and charged in Belgium in connection with the killings. Another eight are still in detention.

Brussels manhunt after gunfire in raid 'on Paris suspects' - BBC News

Update.

Brussels raid: High alert after Paris-linked raid
3 hours ago

Brussels remains on high alert as a major police operation continues following a raid linked to November's Islamist attacks in Paris.
Up to two suspects are thought to be on the run after police raided a flat in the suburb of Forest.
Four police officers were wounded and a suspect armed with a Kalashnikov was shot dead outside the apartment, the Belgian prosecutor's office
said.

It also said the investigation was likely to continue through the night.
The raid was linked to last year's Paris attacks in which 130 people died. Islamic State (IS) militants have claimed the attacks.
French police also took part in Tuesday's operation. One of the officers wounded in the raid was a French policewoman, officials said.

The area around the apartment in Forest was blocked off

There was relief for local residents as local schools and kindergartens were evacuated safely

The federal prosecutor's office said the police had gone to search an apartment in the southern suburb of Forest at about 15:00 (14:00GMT) local time.

"During this operation, one or several people opened fire on the police as they came through the door," it said in a statement.
Three officers were injured then and a fourth in a later exchange of gunfire, it said. All four suffered only light wounds, officials say.

"A suspect armed with a Kalashnikov" was also killed at around 18:00 in the street outside the flat, the prosecutors' statement also said.
The dead suspect has not yet been identified. However, a prosecutor's spokesman had earlier made clear it was not Salah Abdeslam - one of two suspects still on the run after the 13 November attacks in Paris.

French police sources had said earlier that he was not the target of Tuesday's raid.
The operation brought the area - close to railway lines used by high-speed trains to London and Paris - to a standstill.
Two local schools and two kindergartens were in lockdown for several hours before being evacuated by police.
While the operation at the flat has finished, a police source told the BBC that their search was widening - and could possibly involve a second location.

The prosecutor's office said the investigation is "actively continuing, day and night" but gave no other details.
Anna Holligan at the scene says a huge police presence remains, with heavily armed officers on the streets and helicopters hovering overhead.
She says it is still unclear how many, if any, suspects remain at large.
Brussels raid: High alert after Paris-linked raid - BBC News

It never ends.....

Brussels raid over Paris attacks: Dead gunman 'was Algerian'
18 minutes ago

A terror suspect shot dead during a raid in Brussels on Tuesday has been identified as an Algerian national, Mohammed Belkaid, officials say.
He was killed while firing upon police from an apartment in the Forest suburb, a prosecutors' spokesman said.

Police are still hunting for two suspects who were in the apartment.
The raid was linked to an investigation into the jihadist gun-and-bomb attacks in Paris that killed 130 people last November.

Brussels raid over Paris attacks: Dead gunman was Algerian national - BBC News

It won't end until enough of those wannabee jihadists are smacked over.

According to this morning BBC's news the suspects who escaped went out the back way. Some police operation that was. :rolleyes:

Bloody hell!

A Keystone event.

Here we go again, this time in France , four arrested.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35822047

Again? No gunfire, ENT.

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French media reported that three men and a woman were detained at dawn in the 18th arrondissement of Paris and the nearby northern department of Seine-Saint-Denis.
They said at least one of those arrested had a prior conviction and had been under house arrest since last month, under new rules imposed after the November attacks.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve ... warned people "to remain extremely cautious regarding some information on a planned and imminent violent action. We arrest people every day."

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Again? No gunfire, ENT.

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French media reported that three men and a woman were detained at dawn in the 18th arrondissement of Paris and the nearby northern department of Seine-Saint-Denis.
They said at least one of those arrested had a prior conviction and had been under house arrest since last month, under new rules imposed after the November attacks.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve ... warned people "to remain extremely cautious regarding some information on a planned and imminent violent action. We arrest people every day."

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Correct
Four more arrests, ",,,one of those arrested had a prior conviction and had been under house arrest since last month"

He was "under house arrest", but presumably he had an internet connection. :biggrin:

That's probably how he was found.

Breaking news.

DNA of Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam found in Brussels flat raided this week, Belgian officials say. (from BBC)

Updates to follow.

^ Is that significant?

The most wanted man in France after the Paris shootings at the Bataclan.


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Oh, him. I thought he was dead already.


[Presumably he's not]

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:rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzP3licL6I

Back in Belgium...


"Shots have been heard in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek as police launched anti-terrorist raids there, Belgian media report.

They say one person was wounded during the operation. This has not been officially confirmed.
Belgian PM Charles Michel had to urgently leave an EU-Turkey summit in Brussels, a BBC reporter says.

Earlier, fingerprints of Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam were found in a Brussels flat raided this week".

Brussels raids: 'Shots fired' in Molenbeek anti-terrorism operation - BBC News

Brussels raids: Paris attack suspect Abdeslam arrested
24 minutes ago

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been wounded and arrested in a raid in Brussels, officials say.
They said Abdeslam, who has been on the run since the November attacks, was wounded in the leg as police moved in on a flat in the Molenbeek area.

"We got him" said Theo Francken, Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, on Twitter (in Flemish).

Abdeslam is a key suspect in the jihadist attacks in Paris which 130 people died.
Abdeslam's fingerprints were found in a Brussels flat raided on Tuesday.

But Belgian prosecutors told the BBC it was not clear exactly when he was at the flat because the prints could not be dated.
Belgian PM Charles Michel had to urgently leave an EU-Turkey summit in Brussels, a BBC reporter says.

One man - identified as Algerian national Mohamed Belkaid and linked to the Paris attacks - was shot dead during the raid in the southern Forest suburb on Tuesday.

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Map of Brussels

Officials said at the time they believed as many as two other suspects may have escaped.
Abdeslam, a 26-year-old French national born in Brussels, had lived in Molenbeek before the 13 November attacks.

He is believed to have returned to Belgium immediately after the attacks, in which his brother Brahim blew himself up.

He has been the subject of a massive manhunt since the attacks, claimed by militants from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group.

Officials have identified most of the people they believe to have carried out the assaults.
Most of the suspects either died during the attacks or were killed in subsequent police raids.

Parts of Brussels were sealed off for days after the Paris massacre amid fears of a major incident. A number of suspected attackers lived in the Belgian capital.
Brussels raids: Paris attack suspect Abdeslam arrested - BBC News

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the suspects who escaped went out the back way.

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probably had a drone overhead and followed them back to Molenbeet.

just made it look like they got away.

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look at the geezer with towel around his neck watching ..
he could have had an Ak47 under his bathrobe.
sloppy police work

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^
2010 jailed for armed robbery
Early 2011 sacked as a bus driver

???? he didn't get 10 years then...

^Allowing ethnic minorities to assimilate, and all. Sums up the French situation really.

France's involvement with Arabs has been a long story, from Palestine through to North Africa.

The result is a lot of cross breeding, note the swarthy skin of a lot of French people, especially in the south.

Arabs there will either integrate nicely or become a society of misfitting half-breeds.

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become a society of misfitting half-breeds.

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become ??

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has admitted he wanted to blow himself up but then changed his mind, a French prosecutor says.

Abdeslam has been charged with terrorism offences in Belgium a day after he was seized in a dramatic raid.

Abdeslam will fight extradition to France but has been co-operating with police, his lawyer says.

The Paris attacks in November left 130 people dead and dozens injured.
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the bombings and shootings.

Abdeslam is charged with participation in terrorist murder and the activities of a terrorist group, Belgium's federal prosecutor's office says.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told a news conference: "Salah Abdeslam today during questioning by [Belgian] investigators affirmed that, and I quote, 'he wanted to blow himself up at the Stade de France and that he had backed down'."
Abdeslam's assertions should be treated with caution, he added.

The 26-year-old French national, born in Belgium, is in custody following his arrest in Brussels on Friday after four months on the run.

Investigators hope Abdeslam, who was shot in the leg during his arrest, will reveal more information about the IS network behind the Paris attacks, its financing and plans.

They believe he helped with logistics, including renting rooms and driving suicide bombers to the Stade de France.
Abdeslam is believed to have fled shortly after the attacks, returning to the Molenbeek district of Brussels.

Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'changed suicide bomb plan' - BBC News

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also says opening statements by this guy are taken with a pinch of salt.

they're getting used to the usual patter they spout when caught. :)

Like this lot of garbage Abdesalam is trying on,...crims do it all the time, bleat on about their 'rights' being breached....

Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'to sue French prosecutor'
8 minutes ago


Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam's lawyer says[I] he plans to take legal action against a French prosecutor for breach of confidentiality.[/I]
The Paris prosecutor told reporters that Abdeslam had admitted he wanted to blow himself up during the attacks on 13 November but then changed his mind.

Abdeslam was arrested in Belgium last week after four months on the run.
The Belgian authorities have charged him with terrorism offences. He has decided to fight extradition to France, which could take up to three months.
Abdeslam's Belgian lawyer, Sven Mary, says his client is co-operating with the authorities.

At a news conference in the French capital on Saturday, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins, referring to Abdeslam's statement to Belgian police, said: "He wanted to blow himself up at the Stade de France and, I quote, backed out."
He added that people should treat with caution initial statements by the 26-year-old French national.

Mr Mary said he would take legal action against Mr Molins for breaching the confidentiality of the investigation.
He told Belgian public broadcaster RTBF that Mr Molins' comments at a news conference were "a violation... I cannot let it go unchallenged".
Meanwhile, France is sending more troops to its borders after the arrest of Abdeslam.

Extra troops and checks have been in force in France since the attacks
Interpol has urged increased border security saying suspects may seek to flee after the arrest on Friday.
Abdeslam is believed to have fled shortly after the November attacks, returning to the Molenbeek district of Brussels.
He is being held at a high-security jail in Belgium.

Investigators hope Abdeslam, who was shot in the leg during his arrest, will reveal more information about the IS network behind the Paris attacks, its financing and plans.
They believe he helped with logistics, including renting rooms and driving suicide bombers to the Stade de France.

The subject of a massive manhunt, Salah Abdeslam was arrested about 500m (1,600ft) from his home in Molenbeek. His brother, Brahim, was one of the Paris attackers who blew himself up.

Another man arrested at the same time as Salah Abdeslam on Friday, Monir Ahmed Alaaj, has also been charged with participation in terrorist murder and the activities of a terrorist group, the Belgian prosecutors say.

Friday's raid also saw three members of a family detained.
They include Abid Aberkan, described as a friend of Abdeslam, who has been charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
and harbouring criminals.

Another family member, identified as Djemila M, has been charged with harbouring criminals, but is not in custody, the prosecutor's office says.

The raid came after Abdeslam's fingerprints were found in a flat in another Brussels district, Forest, raided on Tuesday.
Footage showed Abdeslam being bundled into a police car on Friday after a volley of gunfire. Alaaj was also injured during the arrests.

Prosecutors said Alaaj had travelled with Abdeslam to Germany last October, where his fingerprints were taken during an identity check.
A false Syrian passport in Alaaj's name and Belgian identity papers under an alias were found in a flat in Forest raided on Tuesday.

Along with the Stade de France, the Paris bombings and shootings targeted the Bataclan concert hall and bars and restaurants.
Officials have identified most of the people they believe to have carried out the assaults. French President Francois Hollande says more arrests may follow.
Most of the suspects either died during the attacks or were killed in subsequent police raids.

Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'to sue French prosecutor' - BBC News

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam extradited to France

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27 April 2016
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has appeared before a French judge hours after his extradition from Belgium.

His lawyer said the 26-year-old French national had been placed under formal investigation for murder and attempted murder of a terrorist nature.

Salah Abdeslam is thought to have played a key role in planning the Paris attacks and transporting the attackers.

He was arrested in an 18 March raid in Brussels after four months on the run.

The co-ordinated attacks carried out by so-called Islamic State in Paris on 13 November claimed 130 lives and left dozens more severely wounded.

Belgium's federal prosecutor said Salah Abdeslam had been "surrendered to the French authorities this morning (in execution of the European Arrest Warrant issued by France on 19 March 2016)".

Until his next appearance in court on 20 May he will be kept in custody at Fleury-Merogis, Europe's biggest jail a short distance south of the capital where two other Islamist militants served sentences before taking part in the January 2015 attacks on Paris.

Salah Abdeslam was indicted by Belgian authorities last week over a shoot-out in the Forest area of Brussels in which four police were wounded, three days before he was arrested.

He left Beveren prison near Antwerp on Wednesday under heavy French security as French criminal lawyer Frank Berton announced that he would be taking on his defence. He said they had had a two-and-a-half-hour meeting at the end of last week.

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam extradited to France - BBC News

One step closer to a surrogate martyrdom. :)