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Belgian Police Free Three Suspects After New Counterterror Raids

© REUTERS / Francois LenoirBelgian police officers control the access to the main police station where a machete-wielding assailant attacked and injured two female police officers on Saturday in Charleroi, August 9, 2016
Belgian police officers control the access to the main police station where a machete-wielding assailant attacked and injured two female police officers on Saturday in Charleroi, August 9, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Two women and a man, who was tagged electronically for trying to leave for Syria and arrested during a counterterror operation in the Brussels area, were released after being questioned by the investigating judge, according to local media.

BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — Belgian police released three people Friday who were detained overnight in a counterterror operation in the Brussels area, local media reported.

Searches were conducted in homes of people under scrutiny on suspicion of links to terrorism and foreign fighters returning from Syria, the RTBF broadcaster reported, saying no weapons or explosives had been found.

A photo taken with a mobile phone on August 6, 2016, shows police securing the area around a police building in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi following a machete attack - Sputnik International
Machete Attack on Police in Belgium's Charleroi Act of Terrorism
Two women and a man, who was tagged electronically for trying to leave for Syria, were released after being questioned by the investigating judge, according to the broadcaster.

Belgium has been investigating several cases related to last year’s terror attacks in Paris and this spring's Brussels bombings, as well as foiled terror plots in the country.

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