MOSCOW (Sputnik) – According to De Tijd newspaper, prosecutors focused on terrorism suspects who had never left Belgium rather than those who went to fight abroad.
In 2015, 313 terrorism cases were opened, largely due to the fact that Belgian nationals were leaving to fight in Syria alongside terrorist groups.
The terror threat level in Belgium remains high since March 22, 2016, when a series of blasts hit Brussels Airport and a metro station located near the EU institutions in the center of the city, killing 35 and injuring about 340 people. The Islamic State terrorist group, outlawed in many countries including Russia, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
In June 2017, a man suspected of planning to detonate a bomb was shot at one of Brussels' main railway stations.