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Man in Belgium arrested on suspicion of plotting terror attack on US embassy

  • The suspect was ‘detained for an alleged attempted attack within a terrorist context and preparation of a terrorist offence’, the prosecutor’s office said
The suspect had been “scouting” the embassy area before he was arrested, said a source. Photo: AP

Belgian counterterror police have arrested a man suspected of plotting an attack against the United States embassy in Brussels, federal prosecutors said on Monday.

Security forces on Saturday arrested a man following “converging signs raising fears of an attack against the US embassy”, the prosecutor’s office said.

“The suspect has been detained for an alleged attempted attack within a terrorist context and preparation of a terrorist offence,” it said in a statement.

The suspect, identified only as MG, appeared on Monday morning before an investigating judge who ordered him held in the case, the prosecutor’s office said.

The suspect denies any involvement in the alleged plot.

A source close to the investigation said the suspect is a Belgian man, around 40 years of age, who had “raised suspicion because of his behaviour”.

He had been seen “scouting” the embassy area before he was arrested, the source added.