Belgium accused suspects in Paris terror attacks

Brussels: A man suspected of supplying weapons to the terrorists responsible for coordinated attacks in Paris in 2015 was indicted in Belgium in late December, an official said on Wednesday. The man, identified previously in news reports by Belgian newspapers “La Libre” and “La DerniereHeure” as Mohamed E., was suspected of supplying Kalashnikovs to the terrorists that were used in the attacks that killed at least 130 people on November 13, 2015 in Paris. Eric Van Duyse, a spokesman for the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, confirmed the arrest of the suspect. He will now face criminal charges for his involvement in the attacks.

The attacks were described by President Francois Hollande as an "act of war" organised by the Islamic State (IS) militant group. Shootings and bomb blasts left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded, with more than 100 in a critical condition. "Three co-ordinated teams" were believed to have been behind the attacks, according to Paris chief prosecutor Francois Molins. In the days immediately after the attacks, French police carried out hundreds of raids across the country, as the search for suspects continued. Raids also took place in the Belgian city of Brussels. This is how the attacks happened.

The first of three explosions occurred outside the Stade de France stadium on the northern fringe of Paris where France were playing Germany in an international football friendly. A man wearing a suicide belt was reportedly prevented from entering the stadium after a routine security check detected the explosives.

(IANS)

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