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Two former Guantanamo inmates arrested in Belgium on terror charges
Source: Agence France-Presse
Two former Guantanamo inmates arrested in Belgium on terror charges
AFP in Brussels
Friday 24 July 2015 22.49 BST
Two former inmates at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay have been arrested in Belgium on charges of belonging to a group suspected of recruiting jihadists for Syria.
The pair were arrested early Thursday in connection with a burglary at an apartment near the northern Belgian port city of Antwerp, a spokesman for the prosecutor, Jean Pascal Thoreau, told AFP.
He said the police acted after monitoring the activities of Moussa Zemmouri, a 37-year-old Belgian of Moroccan origin, and an Algerian identified as Soufiane A, both of whom had been imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The pair were charged with “participating in the activities of a terrorist group,” which in turn is suspected of recruiting fighters for Syria, he added.
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AFP in Brussels
Friday 24 July 2015 22.49 BST
Two former inmates at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay have been arrested in Belgium on charges of belonging to a group suspected of recruiting jihadists for Syria.
The pair were arrested early Thursday in connection with a burglary at an apartment near the northern Belgian port city of Antwerp, a spokesman for the prosecutor, Jean Pascal Thoreau, told AFP.
He said the police acted after monitoring the activities of Moussa Zemmouri, a 37-year-old Belgian of Moroccan origin, and an Algerian identified as Soufiane A, both of whom had been imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The pair were charged with “participating in the activities of a terrorist group,” which in turn is suspected of recruiting fighters for Syria, he added.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/24/former-guantanamo-inmates-arrested-belgium
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