Brussels Police to Be Trained in Islam to Foster ‘Respect’, ‘Openness’
From February, police in Brussels will undertake training to learn about Islam so as to foster “respectful” relations with the city’s Muslim communities.
Belgium antiterrorism
PICTURES: Riot Police And Migrants Clash With Anti-ISIS ‘Hooligans’ At Brussels Terror Shrine
Belgian riot police have fired water cannon on an anti-Islamic State (IS) protest near a shrine commemorating the victims of the Brussels terror attacks. Around 10 men from a self-described “hooligan” march were arrested. Despite a so-called “march against fear” being canceled
Belgium Police Find Three Safehouses Used by Paris Attacks Suspects
Belgian police have found three safehouses that were used by suspects before they carried out the terror attacks in Paris, prosecutors said on Wednesday. “The investigators were able to identify three premises that have been used by the conspiring perpetrators
Belgium Holds Three People Over New Year’s Attack Plot
Belgian police held three people for questioning on Thursday, as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to carry out an attack in the capital on New Year’s Eve. Authorities on Wednesday called off the usual New Year’s Eve
Two Arrests in Belgium Over ‘New Year Terror Plot’
Police in Belgium have arrested two people on suspicion of plotting terror attacks in Brussels on New Year’s Eve. Anti-terror raids took place in Brussels, Flemish Brabant and Liege on Sunday and Monday, with police seizing military clothing and computer
Source: France, Belgium Push Intelligence Sharing After Paris Attacks
France and Belgium want to improve intelligence sharing between the nine European nations most concerned with jihadist threats in the wake of the Paris attacks, a French government source said Monday evening. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and his Belgian
Belgium Official: Register All Residents In Europe’s Jihadi Capital
JERUSALEM – Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon told reporters he wants a register of everyone living in Molenbeek, a Muslim suburb of Brussels dubbed the jihadi capital of Europe, because it is not clear at present who is living there,
Belgian PM Pledges Security Crackdown, Rebuffs Critics
BRUSSELS, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel pledged a security crackdown and an extra 400 million euros ($427 million) to fight Islamist violence on Thursday, while rejecting criticism of Belgium’s security services in the wake of the
Belgium Deploying Troops To Guard Against Terrorism At Civilian Sites
On January 17, Belgium announced it would be deploying soldiers to guard “vulnerable sites in its two largest cities” following the terror attacks in Paris, the terror threat faced by Belgium itself, and the heightened terror alert across Europe.
