Europe

Belgium charges three in Isis recruitment investigation

Prosecutors say one woman and two men have been detained following raids on homes

A Belgian soldier guards the entrance of the Jewish Museum in central Brussels in 2015: The country has one of the highest per capita rates of participation in militant groups such as Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters
A Belgian soldier guards the entrance of the Jewish Museum in central Brussels in 2015: The country has one of the highest per capita rates of participation in militant groups such as Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters
Tue Feb 16 2016 - 21:37

Belgian prosecutors have charged three of 10 people detained yesterday on suspicion of operating a recruitment ring for Islamic State.

Belgium has been at the heart of investigations into the November 13th attacks in Paris in which 130 people were killed as four of the suicide bombers had either been living in Belgium or were Belgian-Moroccans.

The country has one of the highest per capita rates of participation in militant groups such as Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

Prosecutors said one woman in her 30s, named as Marianna A, and two men in their 20s, Azzeddine K and Mohamed O, have been placed under arrest.Seven others detained in raids on homes where prosecutors seized computers and mobile phones as part of an investigation into people having left to join the Islamic State in Syria, have been released. – (Reuters)