Teen arrested over alleged Belgium mosque attack plot
- A 14-year-old teenager was arrested in Brussels for allegedly planning a terrorist attack on a mosque, according to prosecutors.
- The suspect is accused of being a member of a far-right movement and was planning the attack for Friday, officials stated.
- Weapons were seized during a dawn raid on the suspect's home following a tip-off, prosecutors reported.
- Belgium's Justice Minister noted that the radicalization of young people is happening more quickly than in the past.
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A ceremony commemorating the attack that left six dead and several injured at the Grand Mosque of Quebec took place on Saturday afternoon.
Weapons were found and confiscated in his home.
The boy is said to have extreme right-wing ideas. He is said to have wanted to strike tomorrow.
A 14-year-old teenager was arrested this Thursday in Brussels on charges of planning to carry out a terrorist attack on a mosque, reports AFP, who cites the authorities. The suspect, who is said to be “a member of the extreme right-wing movement, was planning to attack in a mosque this Friday,” have stated in a Belgian tax release, adding that weapons have been seized in the raid at the young man’s home. According to the annual report of the Bel…
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