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Belgian Police Detain Suspect in Special Operation Near Mons

© AFP 2023 / EMMANUEL DUNAND Belgian policemen and a serviceman secure an area during a press conference by the Belgian prime minister concerning the country's security alert level in Brussels on November 22, 2015.
Belgian policemen and a serviceman secure an area during a press conference by the Belgian prime minister concerning the country's security alert level in Brussels on November 22, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Belgian police on Saturday carried out a special operation on the outskirts of the city of Mons, detaining a suspect on unspecified charges, local media reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A number of ambulances, as well a police and military vehicles, have arrived in the area, according to the RTL Info channel.

Police patrol in Alsdorf, near Aachen, western Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. - Sputnik International
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The arrested suspect was reportedly injured during the operation, the media reported.

The police have not yet provided information on whether the raid was connected to the anti-terror operations conducted in the country in the aftermath of the Paris attacks earlier this month.

Belgium has been on high terror alert since the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris killed 130 people, and injured over 360. A number of attack perpetrators were linked to Belgium, including mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud.

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