Report: Belgium thwarts jihadist attacks
The Belgian authorities have prevented several attacks by jihadist fighters returning home from Syria and by sympathizers with the Islamic State extremist group, a report said Saturday.
The daily L'Echo cited unnamed sources as saying the planned attacks could have been similar to the one on the Jewish Museum in central Brussels in May which left four people dead.
Up to 400 Belgian nationals are estimated to have gone to fight in Syria, with about 90 known to have returned home, L'Echo said.
"Our starting point is that among them, one out of nine aim to carry out an attack," a source said. "That is a conservative estimate, if you also take into account the people who help them."
