“Based on provisional results from the investigation, it appears that there were plans to carry out an attack somewhere in Belgium,” the federal prosecution office said in a statement, adding that there was no immediate connection with the attacks at Brussels airport and the city’s metro on 22 March in which 32 people were killed.
Police carried out seven house searches in the region of Mons and a further house search in Liege on Friday evening. No weapons or explosives were found.
Brussels, home to EU institutions and the Nato headquarters, and Belgium in general are on the second highest security alert level.
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