Teens planning to "bomb Christmas" arrested in Belgium
According to reports, a group of terror suspects arrested in Belgium were planning attacks in crowded places, including the main railway station in Antwerp, the country’s second-largest city. The detained suspects were also reportedly in contact with Hicham Chaïb, an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighter from Belgium. Instructions on how to build a bomb, the boys received via the Internet.
The information about the detention of adolescents was confirmed by the prosecutor's office spokesman Eric Van Der Sypt. He said that at present in Belgium" a dozen cases involving minors who have been recruited in the same way by the terrorist organizations to prepare or commit an attack are under investigation."
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