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Brussels Cops Shoot At Car As Driver Claims He Has Explosives
Belgian police fired a shot at a vehicle in the Brussels district of Molenbeek and called in a bomb squad after the driver claimed to have explosives on board, Belgium's federal prosecutors said on Tuesday
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Police Hold 3 After Brussels Anti-Terror Raids: Reports
Belgian police were holding three people for questioning after anti-terror raids late Saturday in central Brussels, reports said.
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Paris Attack Suspect Had Papers On German Nuclear Research Centre: Reports
Salah Abdeslam, a prime suspect in the Paris attacks, had documents about the German nuclear research centre Juelich in his apartment in the Molenbeek area of Brussels, a group of German newspapers reported today.
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How Two Brussels Neighborhoods Became 'A Breeding Ground' For Terror
Molenbeek and Schaerbeek have been tied to Islamist extremism, most recently after the bombings in Brussels and the Paris attacks in November. Here is what we know about these communities, which have been called terrorist breeding grounds.
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Beleaguered Molenbeek Struggles To Fend Off Jihadist Recruiters
In Molenbeek, the rundown Brussels neighbourhood with the unenviable reputation as a haven for jihadists, residents are struggling to confront the threat of radicalism as recruiters increasingly go underground to prey on the area's youngsters.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Brussels Blasts: Report
ISIS claimed responsibility for two bomb attacks that killed at least 30 people in Brussels on Tuesday, a news agency affiliated with the group said.
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Paris Attack Prime Suspect Salah Abdeslam Went Underground In Brussels
The "place where you can disappear", the "Jihadist airbase" -- the crowded Brussels borough of Molenbeek, finally proved not big enough for Europe's most wanted man: Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam.
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Paris Attacks: Suspect Salah Abdeslam Arrested In Brussels
Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the terrorist attacks on Paris in November,was arrested in a raid in Brussels today, French police sources said.
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2 More Held In Belgium Over Paris Attacks: Prosecutors
Two men were detained for questioning in the troubled Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek during police raids in the last two days linked to the deadly Paris attacks, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Belgium Detains One Person In New Search In Paris Attacks Case
Belgian police detained for questioning one person on Wednesday following a new search in the troubled Brussels immigrant neighborhood of Molenbeek in connection with the deadly Paris attacks, prosecutors said.
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Police Raid Kills a Jihadi Spurred by Humiliation in January
Abdelhamid Abaaoud is believed to have organized a string of attacks that made him the most talked-about - and, in jihadist circles, feted - terrorist since Osama bin Laden.
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Two Brothers' Likely Path to Paris
After the attacks in Paris, the second-generation Moroccan family has become the talk of Molenbeek, a mostly Muslim neighborhood that has been called the "European capital of jihad," producing scores of fighters bent on attacking the West.
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Key Paris Suspect Had 'Holiday' in Austria
Wanted Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was in Austria in September, telling police after arriving from Germany with two men that he was "on holiday", Austrian authorities said today.
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Guns, God and Grievances: Belgium's Islamist 'Airbase'
"A breeding ground for violence" the mayor of Molenbeek called her borough on Sunday, speaking of unemployment and overcrowding among Arab immigrant families, of youthful despair finding refuge in radical Islam.
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5 Arrested in Brussels Raids Linked to Paris Attack: Official
Belgian authorities have arrested five people during house searches in Brussels in connection with the deadly Paris attacks, a local official said today, but prosecutors did not confirm the number.
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Brussels Cops Shoot At Car As Driver Claims He Has Explosives
Belgian police fired a shot at a vehicle in the Brussels district of Molenbeek and called in a bomb squad after the driver claimed to have explosives on board, Belgium's federal prosecutors said on Tuesday
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Police Hold 3 After Brussels Anti-Terror Raids: Reports
Belgian police were holding three people for questioning after anti-terror raids late Saturday in central Brussels, reports said.
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Paris Attack Suspect Had Papers On German Nuclear Research Centre: Reports
Salah Abdeslam, a prime suspect in the Paris attacks, had documents about the German nuclear research centre Juelich in his apartment in the Molenbeek area of Brussels, a group of German newspapers reported today.
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How Two Brussels Neighborhoods Became 'A Breeding Ground' For Terror
Molenbeek and Schaerbeek have been tied to Islamist extremism, most recently after the bombings in Brussels and the Paris attacks in November. Here is what we know about these communities, which have been called terrorist breeding grounds.
-
Beleaguered Molenbeek Struggles To Fend Off Jihadist Recruiters
In Molenbeek, the rundown Brussels neighbourhood with the unenviable reputation as a haven for jihadists, residents are struggling to confront the threat of radicalism as recruiters increasingly go underground to prey on the area's youngsters.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Brussels Blasts: Report
ISIS claimed responsibility for two bomb attacks that killed at least 30 people in Brussels on Tuesday, a news agency affiliated with the group said.
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Paris Attack Prime Suspect Salah Abdeslam Went Underground In Brussels
The "place where you can disappear", the "Jihadist airbase" -- the crowded Brussels borough of Molenbeek, finally proved not big enough for Europe's most wanted man: Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam.
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Paris Attacks: Suspect Salah Abdeslam Arrested In Brussels
Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the terrorist attacks on Paris in November,was arrested in a raid in Brussels today, French police sources said.
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2 More Held In Belgium Over Paris Attacks: Prosecutors
Two men were detained for questioning in the troubled Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek during police raids in the last two days linked to the deadly Paris attacks, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Belgium Detains One Person In New Search In Paris Attacks Case
Belgian police detained for questioning one person on Wednesday following a new search in the troubled Brussels immigrant neighborhood of Molenbeek in connection with the deadly Paris attacks, prosecutors said.
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Police Raid Kills a Jihadi Spurred by Humiliation in January
Abdelhamid Abaaoud is believed to have organized a string of attacks that made him the most talked-about - and, in jihadist circles, feted - terrorist since Osama bin Laden.
-
Two Brothers' Likely Path to Paris
After the attacks in Paris, the second-generation Moroccan family has become the talk of Molenbeek, a mostly Muslim neighborhood that has been called the "European capital of jihad," producing scores of fighters bent on attacking the West.
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Key Paris Suspect Had 'Holiday' in Austria
Wanted Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was in Austria in September, telling police after arriving from Germany with two men that he was "on holiday", Austrian authorities said today.
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Guns, God and Grievances: Belgium's Islamist 'Airbase'
"A breeding ground for violence" the mayor of Molenbeek called her borough on Sunday, speaking of unemployment and overcrowding among Arab immigrant families, of youthful despair finding refuge in radical Islam.
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5 Arrested in Brussels Raids Linked to Paris Attack: Official
Belgian authorities have arrested five people during house searches in Brussels in connection with the deadly Paris attacks, a local official said today, but prosecutors did not confirm the number.
