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           Brussels Police Detain 5 in Raids Linked to Paris Attacks

   by Reuters

   Belgian police raided homes in Brussels late on Sunday and on Monday,
   detaining five people for questioning in an investigation linked to
   militant attacks in Paris that killed 130 people in November,
   prosecutors said.

   On Sunday evening police raided a building near the fashionable
   Dansaert district of central Brussels, detaining two brothers and their
   friend.
   "A thorough analysis of phone records was the basis for this house
   search," prosecutors said in a statement.
   Another search was carried out on Monday in the Laeken area of
   Brussels, in the north of the city, where two more people were
   detained.

   They were to be brought before a magistrate who will decide whether
   they should be kept in custody, prosecutors added.

   "Regarding the results of the searches no further details will be
   provided. No explosives or weapons were found," the statement added.

   Following the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris, the focus of the investigation
   turned to Belgium, where several people suspected of having aided the
   attackers have been arrested.

   Fugitive Brussels native Salah Abdeslam, who is suspected of direct
   involvement in the Paris attacks, is still at large.



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