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                       Belgium Warns of 'Imminent Threat'

   by VOA News

   Belgium has raised its terror alert level for its capital Brussels to
   the highest level, warning of an "imminent threat."

   The government said early Saturday that the terror alert was raised to
   level 4. A statement said that signifies a "very serious threat for the
   Brussels region."

   The move to the highest possible threat level comes one week after
   terrorist attacks claimed by Islamic State left 130 people dead in
   Paris.

   A key suspect - now the subject of an international search warrent - is
   still at large and may be in Belgium. Salah Abdeslam was last seen
   driving toward the Belgian border. Police stopped and questioned him a
   few hours after the attacks before letting him go.

   '' Belgian authorities conducted nine raids Thursday in several parts
   of Brussels. Nine people were arrested. One person who has not yet been
   identified has been charged. Some of the homes searched were in the
   neighborhood where Abdelslam lived along with his brother Ibrahim, who
   blew himself up outside one of the cafes attacked in Paris.

   Some of the raids were connected to Bilal Hadfi, one of the terrorist
   who blew himself up outside the French stadium that was attacked.
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