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Belgian Justice Ministry Not Ruling Out Attacks by Right-Wing Extremists

© AFP 2023 / Nicolas MAETERLINCK / BELGAMinister of Justice Koen Geens arrives for a Minister's council meeting of the federal government in Brussels on May 27, 2016.
Minister of Justice Koen Geens arrives for a Minister's council meeting of the federal government in Brussels on May 27, 2016. - Sputnik International
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BRUSSELS (Sputnik) - Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens did not rule out on Monday the possibility that right-wing extremists could carry out attacks in the country, stressing that a significant number of these individuals resided in major Belgian cities like Brussels and Antwerp.

"Attacks by far-right extremists cannot be excluded in Belgium… Cities like Antwerp, Brussels, Charleroi, Ghent and Mechelen have large concentrations of far-right activists," Geens said, as quoted by the Sud Info newspaper.

Geens added, citing the Belgian state security service, that there could be dozens of right-wing activists in Belgium that were prepared to carry out violent acts or break the law "on the basis of their ideological framework."

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According to the minister, their activities are generally limited to demonstrations or racist messages on social media at the moment, but there have also been incidents of right-wing activists throwing Molotov cocktails or firebombs at asylum centers or mosques.

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