Belgium Deploys More Troops After Foiling Terror Plan Belgium on Saturday began deploying hundreds of troops to patrol the streets after security forces smashed a suspected Islamist “terrorist” cell planning to kill police officers. Up to 300 soldiers will be progressively deployed in the capital Brussels and the northern city of Anvers, which has a large Jewish population, Prime Minister Charles Michel’s office said in a statement. “The mobilised troops will be armed and their primary responsibility will be to survey certain sites” and to reinforce police, the statement said. The soldiers could also eventually be deployed to the industrial eastern city of Verviers, where early on Friday security forces killed two suspected Islamists in a huge raid on an alleged jihadist cell planning to attack police in the country. READ MORE: firstafricanews.ng/index.php?dbs=openlist&s=11901#sthash.fp7m25Ws.dpuf
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 11:28:04 +0000
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