Belgium detains 3 men with extremist links

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Wednesday 28 Jan 2015 - 11:57 Makkah mean time-8-4-1436 Brussels, (IINA) - Belgian police have detained three men in the western Belgian town of Kortrijk with links to “radicalized groups” and seized weapons from their hideouts, prosecutors said on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Earlier this month, police killed two gunmen in Verviers in eastern Belgium during one of several raids against an extremist group which officials said was about to launch attacks against police. Confirming the detentions, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors said they were checking whether there was any link between the three men and the extremist group. The gunmen killed in Verviers are believed to have fought in Syria before returning to Belgium. SM/IINA