Paris terror attacks: 5 arrested, then released in Belgium
(CNN)Police in
Belgium have released five people arrested in their investigation into last
month's Paris terror attacks, the Belgian federal prosecutor[1]'s
office announced Monday.
Police arrested
two brothers and a third person Sunday in Brussels based on phone records, the
prosecutor's office said.
Two more people
were arrested Monday morning in Laeken. Police said no guns or explosives were
found in either case. All five were released Monday, the prosecutor's office
said. It's unclear why they were arrested or released.
The November 13
terror attacks in Paris killed 130 people and wounded hundreds. The attackers,
armed with assault rifles[2]
and explosives, attacked six locations across the city, targeting[3]
a stadium, a concert hall and restaurants and bars.
ISIS has claimed
responsibility for the attacks, and in response, French President Francois
Hollande declared that the country was at war with the terror group, which
command[4]s
large stretches of territory in Syria and Iraq.
Worldwide manhunt[5]
A worldwide search
is underway[6]
for key suspect Salah Abdeslam, 26, who is thought to have been the driver of a
black Renault Clio that dropped off three suicide bombers near the Stade de
France the night of November 13.
Last week, Belgium
Justice Minister Koen Geens revealed that Belgian police had waited hours to
search a house for Abdeslam because of a law that prevented such searches
between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m.
By the time
Belgian authorities searched a house in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek days
after the attacks, the Belgium-born French national was not present, he said.
Belgium changed
the law December 11 to allow house searches 24 hours a day in terrorism
investigations.
Authorities had
already missed one chance to capture Abdeslam, who was driving toward the
Belgian border when police stopped and questioned him a few hours after the
attacks. He was not detained[7],
and the car was found in Molenbeek, where his family lives.
Intelligence
officials have said they suspect he may be trying to escape to Syria.
Structure of the
Lead：
WHO- Police in Belgium
WHAT- have released five
people arrested in their investigation into last month's Paris terror attacks
WHEN- not given
WHERE- not given
WHY- not given
HOW- not given
It is so unfortunate that Abdeslam fled away smoothly. Why couldn't the police be sooner :(? This incident really terrified not only the people at the scene but me, but I still believe the victims can recover from this soon because I have seen a news about their bravery and optimism to keep going and fighting with terrorists.
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