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MariaThinks

(2,495 posts)
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 03:56 PM Jun 2016

Report: Belgian Police Receive Warning Of ISIS Cell Headed To Europe

Source: Huffington Post

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police have received an anti-terror alert warning that a group of Islamic State fighters recently left Syria en route for Europe planning attacks in Belgium and France, a Belgian security source said on Wednesday.

The Belgian crisis center in charge of coordinating security responses said an alert had been circulated to all police forces in the country but there were no immediate plans to raise the security level to the maximum that would indicate an imminent threat of an attack.

A source at France’s Interior Ministry said Belgian authorities had transmitted a note to their French counterparts, who were currently reviewing the information in the alert. “We know the threat is very high,” the source said. “We’re reviewing all the elements (in the alert).”


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/beglian-police-alerted-to-incoming-isis-fighters_us_57615996e4b05e4be8604374

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Report: Belgian Police Receive Warning Of ISIS Cell Headed To Europe (Original Post) MariaThinks Jun 2016 OP
I would have thought ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #1
 

1StrongBlackMan

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1. I would have thought ...
Wed Jun 15, 2016, 04:00 PM
Jun 2016

This information would have not been made public, until the group of Islamic State fighters were caught ... which will be more difficult if any of them can read a newspaper.

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