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Belgium Initiates Legal Proceedings Against Suspected Terrorists

© REUTERS / Francois LenoirBelgian judge Pierre Hendrickx (C) presides the trial of suspects in foiled Islamist attack plot in the town of Verviers last year, at the Brussels Palace of Justice, Belgium, May 9, 2016
Belgian judge Pierre Hendrickx (C) presides the trial of suspects in foiled Islamist attack plot in the town of Verviers last year, at the Brussels Palace of Justice, Belgium, May 9, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Belgian authorities on Monday started legal proceedings against 16 suspected members of a terrorist cell from country's eastern town of Verviers, local media reported.

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
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BRUSSELS (Sputnik) In January 2015, during counterterrorism raids in Verviers, Belgian police detained a number of people on suspicion of preparation of terrorist attacks.

According to the Belgian broadcaster RTBF, the suspects prepared to kidnap a high-ranking Belgian official, or a judge, or a police chief.

Only five of the 16 suspects appeared before the court, while the rest of them, including the citizens of Belgium, France, Morocco and Netherlands faced the trial in absentia, the broadcaster added.

In the past months, security concerns sparked in various countries as several major terrorist attacks were carried out by Islamic radicals in a number of states, including in Belgium and France.

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