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Terror Attacks Rock Brussels Airport, Subway

At least 31 dead as city locked down

(Newser) - Brussels has been locked down after what authorities fear were multiple terrorist attacks on the city's subway system and main airport. Transportation has been shut down and citizens have been urged to stay at home. According to Belgian media , at least 31 people have been killed and dozens more...

Most Wanted Man in Europe Is Captured

Salah Abdeslam allegedly played role in Paris attacks

(Newser) - Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris terror attacks and Europe's most wanted man, was captured alive Friday during a raid in Brussels, Belgian counterterrorism sources tell CNN and the AP . The 26-year-old was believed to be hiding out in a Brussels apartment since the Nov. 13 attacks, and...

Brussels' New Traffic Nightmare: Hungry Mice

Rodents in Brussels don't give 2 hoots about traffic congestion, apparently

(Newser) - Decaying road tunnels have left Brussels in a perpetual state of traffic chaos, but repairs are apparently on hold due to what CityLab deems possibly "the world's worst excuse for poor infrastructure": hungry rodents. Because the transportation department was housed 25 years ago in a hotel (apparently when...

Inside 'Bomb Workshop,' Paris Fugitive's Fingerprint

Salah Abdeslam may have returned to Brussels apartment

(Newser) - Belgian authorities say they've found a hideout visited by Paris-attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam. Police found traces of the explosive powder acetone peroxide, three handmade belts that could carry explosives, and Abdeslam's fingerprint in a third-floor apartment on Rue Bergé in Brussels' Schaerbeek district during a raid on Dec....

Cops, Soldiers May Have Had Orgy During Hunt for Terrorists

The alleged sex party took place while Brussels was locked down on high alert

(Newser) - Soldiers and police officers in Belgium may have held an orgy in the midst of the hunt for terror suspects in the weeks following the Paris attacks, the BBC reports. According to the New York Times , the orgy was allegedly held sometime between Nov. 21 and Nov. 26—when the...

Belgium Arrests 2 It Says Plotted 'End-of-Year' Terror

Alleged plan was to attack 'emblematic' places

(Newser) - Two people have been arrested in Belgium on suspicion of planning attacks in Brussels during the holidays, the federal prosecutor's office said Tuesday. The investigation revealed "the threat of serious attacks that would target several emblematic places in Brussels and be committed during the end-of-year holidays," the...

Brussels Uses Cats to Lure Tourists Back

Tourism chiefs say they haven't lost their sense of humor

(Newser) - After a five-day lockdown prompted by the maximum security alert , Brussels officials are attempting to entice back tourists who may have been scared away by images of soldiers armed with machine guns in the capital's deserted streets. Their secret weapon? Cats. They became an unofficial mascot of the Brussels...

4th Suspect Charged in Paris Attacks

But Salah Abdeslam remains on the run

(Newser) - An alleged perpetrator of the Paris terror attacks remains at large, but authorities in Belgium may have nabbed one of his helpers. Prosecutors on Monday charged one of the people arrested in raids on Sunday with "participating in activities of a terrorist group and with [a] terrorist attack,"...

Belgians React to Raids With Twitterstorm of Cats

#BrusselsLockdown hashtag was meant to stymie terror suspects

(Newser) - Brussels may have been on lockdown Sunday , but residents' Twitter accounts weren't—and they tweeted photos of cats. As police continued anti-terror raids and their search for Paris attack suspects , including Salah Abdeslam, Belgian citizens were asked to keep their social media dark about any police activity so the...

Belgium Police Arrest 16, But Not Paris Fugitive

Salah Abdeslam not to be found

(Newser) - Belgian prosecutors announced early Monday that police had detained 16 people in 22 raids but that Paris fugitive Salah Abdeslam was not among them. Federal prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt said no firearms or explosives were discovered in the raids—19 in Brussels and three in Charleroi in the country'...

Brussels Still on Alert, Seeking 'Several Suspects'

As brother of suspect Salah Abdeslam urges him: 'Surrender'

(Newser) - Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon says "several suspects" tied to the Paris attacks could be at large in the country. Jambon told Flemish broadcaster VRT this is why Belgium has put so many security resources in place in the past few days. Authorities have previously said Salah Abdeslam, who...

Brussels Raises Terror Alert to Highest Level

Warning 'based on quite precise information'

(Newser) - Belgium's capital entered a security lockdown Saturday as the government warned of a threat of a repeat of Paris-style attacks, with subways in Brussels closed and heavily armed police and soldiers deployed. At least one suspect from the deadly Paris attacks is at large, and was last seen crossing...

Suspects in Paris Attack Owned Bar
Suspects in Paris Attack Owned Bar
Nov 18, 2015 4:00 PM CST

Suspects in Paris Attack Owned Bar

It was closed over drug trafficking allegations this month

(Newser) - Before they were suspects in the deadliest attack on French soil since WWII, brothers Brahim and Salah Abdeslam owned a bar called Les Beguines in Brussels, the Wall Street Journal reports. "I used to go there every day after work," a neighbor tells the Telegraph . "We would...

Arrests Made In Connection With Paris Terrorist Attacks

And details about possible attackers leak out

(Newser) - "A number of arrests" were made in Brussels Saturday in connection with Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris , according to Belgium's justice minister. The Independent reports police raided three properties in the city, arresting at least one man. The raids came after a rental car with Belgian license...

France Busts Suspect in Jewish Museum Shooting

Man detained in Marseille customs inspection

(Newser) - A man has been arrested in southeast France in the investigation of a shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three people dead, the Paris prosecutor's office said today. The suspect has been handed to anti-terrorist investigators and could be held at least through Tuesday...

Gunman Kills 3 at Jewish Museum in Brussels
3 Killed at Jewish Museum,
Suspect Detained
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May 24, 2014 5:25 PM CDT

3 Killed at Jewish Museum, Suspect Detained

Officials in Brussels raise anti-terror measures

(Newser) - Three people were shot dead and a fourth seriously wounded in an armed attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels today, officials said. Police detained one suspect and were looking for a second. The bloodshed, which came on the eve of national and European Parliament elections, led officials to immediately...

New Snowden Leaks: US Bugged, Spied on EU Offices

German's ' Der Spiegel' says US spied on offices, computer networks in DC, NY, Brussels

(Newser) - The latest dirt from Snowden's files: German news magazine Der Spiegel says it has seen documents taken from the NSA by Snowden that show the US bugged European Union offices, and spied on the EU's computer networks in Washington and at the United Nations, gaining access to internal...

How Police Cracked Case of the $50M Diamond Heist

Organized crime leader offered breakthrough

(Newser) - The "what" was big news yesterday— dozens of arrests in connection with one of the world's biggest diamond robberies—and the "how" begins to emerge today: The investigation into February's $50 million Brussels airport jewel heist leaped forward when police found out that, soon after the...

One of World's Largest Diamond Robberies Unravels

31 arrested in connection with Brussels heist

(Newser) - Brazen robbers were able to make off with $50 million worth of diamonds in a daring Brussels airport heist , but they held onto their riches for less than three months. In a cross-border operation, police have arrested 31 people in connection with the heist—one of the world's biggest...

Thieves in $50M Diamond Heist Dressed as Police

Belgians fear speedy airport theft will ruin reputation

(Newser) - There have been no arrests in the $50M diamond heist at Brussels' international airport yesterday, but a few more details have emerged: The eight gunmen removed 120 packages from the plane's hold, said a rep for the Belgian public prosecutor. The thieves were apparently clad in what the AP...

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