Belgium

Brussels police clash with far-right mob at attacks shrine

Belgian riot police fired water cannon on Sunday to disperse far-right football hooligans who disrupted mourners at a shrine for victims of the Brussels attacks, as police arrested several suspects in a series of new raids.

Mar 28, 2016, 02:46 AM IST

Algerian nabbed in Italy for alleged link to Belgium network

Police in southern Italy have arrested an Algerian man wanted by Belgian authorities for alleged involvement in a Belgium-based network which provided false IDs used by people implicated in the Paris and Brussels attacks, investigators said on Sunday.

Mar 28, 2016, 00:13 AM IST

Belgium charges attacks suspect, `March Against Fear` called off

Belgium charged a suspect thought to be the fugitive third Brussels airport bomber with terrorist murder, as a Sunday peace march for the victims was cancelled for security reasons after the attacks in the heart of Europe.

Mar 27, 2016, 07:26 AM IST

Italy arrests Algerian suspect wanted by Belgium in terror probe: Reports

An Algerian national wanted by Belgium over a probe into fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels attackers was arrested in Italy on Saturday, local media reported, citing police sources.

Mar 27, 2016, 07:21 AM IST

Belgium charges three men with terrorism after Brussels bombs

A total of 31 people were killed, including three attackers, and scores wounded in the Brussels attacks which were claimed by Islamic State. 

Mar 26, 2016, 20:59 PM IST

Belgium charges three men with terrorism after Brussels bombs

A total of 31 people were killed, including three attackers, and scores wounded in the Brussels attacks which were claimed by Islamic State. 

Mar 26, 2016, 20:59 PM IST

Belgium presses manhunt after new plot revealed

Police pressed ahead on Saturday with the search for suspects in Belgium's worst ever terror attack, as a series of raids and arrests revealed more links with the November Paris killings and a new French plot.

Mar 26, 2016, 15:29 PM IST

Brussels Airport will not reopen for passenger flights before Tuesday

Brussels Airport said on Saturday it would not reopen for passenger flights before Tuesday after suicide bombers blew themselves up in the departure hall.

Mar 26, 2016, 15:19 PM IST

Three more arrested in Brussels police operation over attacks

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Brussels on Friday to offer US assistance in security.

Mar 26, 2016, 10:02 AM IST

Brussels attacker had been on US watch list before Paris attacks: Source

Brahim El Bakraoui, one of the Brussels suicide bombers, was on a U.S. counter-terrorism watch list before the November attacks in Paris and his brother Khalid was put on the list shortly afterward, sources familiar with the matter said.

Mar 26, 2016, 09:55 AM IST

Brussels attacks: Belgium's Muslims vow to fight radicalisation

After chanting "Allahu akbar", those gathered for Friday prayers at Brussels' Grand Mosque streamed outside to chant "Long Live Belgium," feeling the pressure to tackle radicalisation after the attacks on the city.

Mar 26, 2016, 03:50 AM IST

Brussels attacks: Police detains 9, hunts two suspects – what we know so far

Belgian police staged fresh raids late Thursday and Friday, detaining nine people in all, including three linked to the Paris attacks in which 130 people died,

Mar 26, 2016, 01:57 AM IST

Najim Laachraoui confirmed as 2nd Brussels airport bomber, linked to Paris

A statement from the prosecutor's office also linked Laachraoui to November's Paris carnage in which 130 people died, saying his DNA was found on a suicide vest at the Bataclan.

Mar 25, 2016, 21:15 PM IST

Major new anti-terror raid under way in Brussels after attacks: Reports

Armed police launched a major new raid in Brussels in the wake of the suicide attacks, in the Schaerbeek area of the capital, Belgian media reported Friday, a day after six suspects were arrested o

Mar 25, 2016, 18:54 PM IST

John Kerry in Brussels offers support after attacks

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Brussels on Friday to offer Washington`s support to a stricken Belgium after attacks claimed by the Islamic State group left 31 dead and 300 wounded.

Mar 25, 2016, 15:41 PM IST

Brussels suicide bombers were on US terrorism lists: report

The report cited two unnamed US officials as saying that Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui were listed as a "potential terror threat" in US databases.

Mar 25, 2016, 10:06 AM IST

Brussels terror attack: 242 Indians stranded in Belgium reach Delhi

A Jet Airways aircraft carrying 242 persons including 28 crew members, who were stranded in Belgian capital Brussels following the deadly terror attack on airport and metro station, arrived here from Amsterdam Friday morning.

Mar 25, 2016, 08:07 AM IST

Brussels attacks: Six arrested in police raids, say prosecutors

Six people were arrested Thursday in a series of police operations in the Belgian capital, the federal prosecutor`s office said, two days after jihadist attacks in Brussels left 31 dead.

Mar 25, 2016, 06:19 AM IST

Belgium attacks suspect sent to Netherlands by Turkey in 2015

Dutch officials Thursday confirmed that one of the Brussels airport suicide bombers was expelled by Turkey and sent to the Netherlands last year, but stressed he had been unknown to Dutch law enforcement.

Mar 25, 2016, 02:29 AM IST