Belgian police on Wednesday (January 25th) were holding seven people for questioning after raids in the Brussels region as part of an on-going counter-terrorism operation, AFP reported.
The searches of eight houses were linked to returning extremist fighters from Syria and were separate from investigations into the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) attacks in Paris in November 2015 and the bombings in Brussels in March last year, a statement said.
"No weapons or explosives were found. In all, seven persons were arrested and taken for questioning," the statement said.
Belgium has been on high alert since the Paris and Brussels attacks, with investigators believing they were planned and carried out by the same ISIL cell based in the Belgian capital.
