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Belgium detains 2 in new anti-terror raids: Prosecutor

It is too soon to talk about a terror attack, added a spokesman

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AFP I PTI Brussels
Belgian police detained two men for questioning after fresh anti-terror raids overnight, the federal prosecutor's office said today amid reports of a planned attack on a Euro 2016 fanzone.

"One man was arrested in (the eastern town of) Verviers and another man in Tournai," close to the French border, a spokesman said.

"It is too soon to talk about a terror attack," he added.

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First Published: Jun 25 2016 | 5:22 PM IST

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