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Belgian Police Detain Eight Suspects in Daesh Recruiting, Financing

© REUTERS / Eric VidalBelgian police officers secure a road near the Belgium's National Institute of Criminology after arsonists set fire to it in Brussels, Belgium August 29, 2016
Belgian police officers secure a road near the Belgium's National Institute of Criminology after arsonists set fire to it in Brussels, Belgium August 29, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Belgian police have detained eight people suspected of recruiting militants and financing Daesh terrorist group, the country's Federal Prosecutor's Office said on Tuesday.

Police officers stand next to the wanted notice of terrorist Salah Abdeslam (L) and Mohamed Abrini on December 3, 2015 at the Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, outside Paris. - Sputnik International
Brussels Terror Suspects Initially Planned to Attack France
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — The prosecutors said in a statement that the police searched nine houses in four Belgian cities, including Brussels and Antwerp, but did not find any weapons or explosives.

On March 22, two suicide blasts ripped through the departure hall of the airport in the northeastern municipality of Zaventem while another explosion hit the Maelbeek metro station near the headquarters of the EU institutions in Brussels, killing over 35 people, including three terrorists, and injuring at least 300.

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