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Greek
police have arrested several people over alleged links to a suspected
terror plot in Belgium. One of the men is alleged to have been in
contact with the cell in Verviers, Belgium, where a shootout with police
left two suspects dead on Thursday.
17 January 2015
Last updated at 15:17 ET
Troops were deployed across Belgium on Saturday to guard potential targets
Europe is on high alert after Islamist gunmen killed 17 people in Paris. More than 20 people have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany.
Troops were deployed across Belgium on Saturday to guard potential targets.
Belgium launched a series of raids on Thursday evening on a group of suspected jihadists.
Guns, munitions and explosives, as well as police uniforms and a large amount of money, were all seized by police during the operation.
Prosecutors said the group had planned to kill police officers and they charged five people on Friday with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group".
DNA samples
Earlier on Saturday, Belgian media said authorities were
seeking Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 27-year-old Brussels resident of Moroccan
origin suspected of being the ringleader of the jihadi cell, and in
hiding in Greece.
One of those arrested in the raids in Athens included one who "matches the description" of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Associated Press quoted a Greek police source as saying, but there has been no confirmation of the detainees' identities.
Greek authorities are reported to have sent DNA samples to their Belgian colleagues for further investigation.
The Greek police said the names of several people had been passed to them in connection with the plot to check if they were in Greece, Reuters reported.
Returning fighters Uniformed soldiers could be seen outside Jewish schools and government buildings in Belgium on Saturday.
Defence officials said the nation's security threat level would remain raised at three - the second highest level - for at least week.
There are particular concerns about the return of young Europeans who have gone to fight in Iraq and Syria.
Belgium says up to 350 of its citizens have gone to fight in Syria and Iraq, the highest number per capita in Europe. About 100 have returned, and are being monitored by the intelligence services.
No link has been established between the terrorist plot in Belgium and last week's attacks in Paris which killed 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a policewoman and four others at kosher supermarket.
Greece arrests over Belgian 'jihadist terror plot'
Troops were deployed across Belgium on Saturday to guard potential targets
Greek police have arrested several people over alleged links to a suspected terror plot in Belgium.
One of the men is alleged to have been in contact with the
cell in Verviers, Belgium, where a shootout with police left two
suspects dead on Thursday.Europe is on high alert after Islamist gunmen killed 17 people in Paris. More than 20 people have been arrested in Belgium, France and Germany.
Troops were deployed across Belgium on Saturday to guard potential targets.
Belgium launched a series of raids on Thursday evening on a group of suspected jihadists.
Guns, munitions and explosives, as well as police uniforms and a large amount of money, were all seized by police during the operation.
Prosecutors said the group had planned to kill police officers and they charged five people on Friday with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group".
DNA samples
Robert Hall reports as Belgium steps up security against potential terrorist attacks
One of those arrested in the raids in Athens included one who "matches the description" of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Associated Press quoted a Greek police source as saying, but there has been no confirmation of the detainees' identities.
Greek authorities are reported to have sent DNA samples to their Belgian colleagues for further investigation.
The Greek police said the names of several people had been passed to them in connection with the plot to check if they were in Greece, Reuters reported.
Returning fighters Uniformed soldiers could be seen outside Jewish schools and government buildings in Belgium on Saturday.
Defence officials said the nation's security threat level would remain raised at three - the second highest level - for at least week.
There are particular concerns about the return of young Europeans who have gone to fight in Iraq and Syria.
Belgium says up to 350 of its citizens have gone to fight in Syria and Iraq, the highest number per capita in Europe. About 100 have returned, and are being monitored by the intelligence services.
No link has been established between the terrorist plot in Belgium and last week's attacks in Paris which killed 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a policewoman and four others at kosher supermarket.
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