Brussels police raid home, make arrests in Paris attacks probe

Source: AFP

Brussels (AFP) - Belgian police searched a home in the centre of Brussels on Sunday and made two arrests in connection with a probe into last month's terror attacks in Paris, federal prosecutors said.

Special forces and federal police were involved in a raid which lasted around five hours and took place close to the city's popular tourist area, authorities said.

"They have been taken in for questioning," Eric Van Der Sypt, spokesman for the federal prosecutor, said of the men, but gave no further details about them.

However he confirmed the detained suspects did not include not fugitive Salah Abdeslam, who is one of Europe's most wanted men over his alleged involvement in the November 13 attacks that left 130 dead in the French capital.

Federal prosecutors will release a statement Monday with further details on the arrests, the spokesman said.

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