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Two arrested in Belgium on suspicion of planning Christmas holiday terror attacks 'Isis terror cell': Two members arrested in Belgium on suspicion of planning Christmas holiday attacks
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Two people have been arrested on suspicion of planning Christmas attacks in Brussels after military uniforms and Isis propaganda materials were seized in searches in Belgium.  Two suspected members of an Isis cell have been arrested on suspicion of planning terror attacks in Belgium over the Christmas holidays.
The country's federal prosecutor's office said that the two were arrested following searches Sunday and Monday in the Brussels area, the Liege region and Flemish Brabant. The announcement did not say whether the suspects were male or female.  Military-style uniforms, computer equipment and Isis propaganda was found during police raids in Brussels and the Flemish Brabant and Liege regions.
During the searches, the office says military-type training uniforms, propaganda materials from the militant group and computer material were seized and are being examined. However, no weapons or explosives were found.  A spokesperson for the federal prosecutor’s office said the searches on Sunday and Monday had revealed “the threat of serious attacks that would have targeted several symbolic places in Brussels and be committed during the end-of-year holidays”.
More to follow One of the suspects is charged with acting as the leader and recruiter for the terror cell and the other with participating in a terrorist group’s activities as a principal actor or co-actor. 
AP The prosecutors’ office said they were among six people initially detained for questioning but the rest have since been released.
All seized items are currently being investigated but no weapons or explosives have been found.
Belgian newspapers reported that the two suspects may have been planning to attack police, saying “concrete threats” had been made to officers near the Grand Palace in Brussels. 
The alert level at police stations was raised from two to three by the Belgian interior ministry and will last until next week at the earliest.
A spokesperson said no additional details of the case would be made public, but confirmed that the probe was not connected to the Paris attacks.
Belgium has been on a high state of alert since the massacres that killed 130 people on 13 November.
Several suspects, including the presumed ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud and fugitive Salah Abdeslam, had connections to Belgium or had lived in Brussels.
Additional reporting by agencies