Five More Held After Overnight Raids

Belgian soldiers patrol outside the European Commission headquarters as police searched the area during a continued high level of security following the recent deadly Paris attacks, in Brussels

Five more people have been arrested in Belgium bringing the number taken into custody by police in the last 24 hours to 21.
The government said last night that fugitive Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam was not among those detained in raids last night but it is not known if he has been captured in the latest raids.
At a news conference soon after midnight, officials said a total of 19 houses were searched in the city - and during the operations, police fired two shots at a vehicle in Molenbeek.
One of those arrested was injured when his car tried to ram into police during an attempted getaway.
Eric Van der Sypt, a Belgian federal prosecutor, said no firearms or explosives were discovered.
The Belgian prosecutor's office has since said that the five extra detainees were taken into custody during five raids in Brussels and two in Liege.

During the searches, €26,000 was seized, it revealed.
Earlier, there were reports that Abdeslam was in a BMW heading towards the German border but authorities have now said that car was not linked to the ongoing operation.
With an alleged terrorist still at large, schools, universities and the Metro transport system in Brussels are remaining closed on Monday - after the Belgian Prime Minister expressed fears that individuals could "launch several attacks at the same time in multiple locations".

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