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Belgium on 'terror attack alert' Belgium foils al-Qaeda jailbreak
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Fourteen people have been arrested in Belgium after authorities foiled a plot to free an al-Qaeda suspect arrested in September 2001, officials said.Fourteen people have been arrested in Belgium after authorities foiled a plot to free an al-Qaeda suspect arrested in September 2001, officials said.
"They were planning to use weapons and explosives to free him... These means could be employed for another use," said the federal prosecutor's office. The suspects, detained early on Friday, were described as Islamic militants.
Security is being stepped up in the capital, Brussels, over fears of a "possible attack". They were seeking to free the Tunisian, Nizar Trabelsi, jailed in Belgium for planning to attack US targets.
Belgium hosts the European Union institutions and Nato among others. An official said the plot involved explosives and that security was being stepped up in the capital over fears of a "possible attack".
"They were planning to use weapons and explosives to free him... These means could be employed for another use," officials said.
The announcement was made by federal prosecutors and officials from the country's crisis co-ordination centre, at a hastily arranged news conference.
Belgium hosts the main European Union institutions and Nato headquarters, as well as a raft of multi-national companies.