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Two Detained in Belgium Over Possible Links to Paris Terror Attacks

© REUTERS / Benoit TessierBelgian soldiers patrol in central Brussels as police search the area during a continued high level of security following the recent deadly Paris attacks, Belgium, November 24, 2015
Belgian soldiers patrol in central Brussels as police search the area during a continued high level of security following the recent deadly Paris attacks, Belgium, November 24, 2015 - Sputnik International
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A Belgian and a Moroccan were detained in Brussels during two days of police raids related to the November terror attacks in Paris, the federal prosecutor’s office said Thursday.

French police secure the area after a man was shot dead at a police station in the 18th district in Paris, France January 7, 2016 - Sputnik International
Morocco Police Identify Belgian Citizen Arrested for Links to Paris Attacks
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — The Belgian national, identified as 29-year-old Zakaria J., was arrested on Wednesday. The Moroccan citizen – Mustafa E., aged 34, – was detained earlier in the day, according to the office press statement.

"Both of them were arrested due to their possible links to different suspects in the [Paris] case," the statement reads.

Both raids took place in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, a neighborhood with a large migrant population, where several other people, suspected of involvement in the deadly Paris attacks, were detained last year.

A string of attacks in the French capital on November 13 killed 130 people and injured over 350 others. Responsibility for the attacks was claimed by Daesh terrorist group, which is outlawed in many countries, including Russia and the United States.

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