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(2,103 posts) Thu Dec 31, 2015, 07:52 AM Dec 2015

Brussels police arrest six over 'New Year terror plot'

Source: BBC

Police in Brussels have arrested six people in connection with an alleged plot to target the city on New Year's Eve, prosecutors say.

The arrests come as cities around the world heighten security measures ahead of large-scale New Year celebrations.

The arrests in Brussels were made during raids in suburbs including Molenbeek, which was used as a base by the 13 November Paris attackers.

The city's main fireworks display has been cancelled over the feared plot.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35199793

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Thu Dec 31, 2015, 08:05 AM

Dec 2015

Paris Scales Back NYE Event Amid Terror Fears

Authorities in Paris have scaled back the city's New Year's Eve celebrations over heightened terror fears after Brussels cancelled its festivities.

The usual fireworks display in the French capital has been scrapped and replaced by a five-minute video performance at the Arc de Triomphe just before midnight, relayed on screens along the Champs Elysees.

About 11,000 soldiers, police and emergency workers are being deployed on the streets - 2,000 more than last year - seven weeks after 130 people were murdered in multiple attacks.

Around 600,000 people usually attend the annual events around the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and Champs Elysees.

http://news.sky.com/story/1614443/paris-scales-back-nye-event-amid-terror-fears

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