Last Updated: November 23, 2023, 00:30 IST
BRUSSELS: Belgium has detained three extra suspects over the deadly taking pictures of two Swedes who had been in Brussels to observe a European championship soccer match final month, a prosecutors spokesperson mentioned on Wednesday, confirming studies in Belgian media.
The three males had been arrested by police on Monday throughout 5 home searches in Brussels, he mentioned, with out elaborating.
Belgian broadcaster VRT reported that two of the suspects had been charged with homicide in a terrorist context and participation within the actions of a terrorist group, whereas the third one was charged with weapons offences.
The arrests got here a month after police arrested a forty five-yr-previous Tunisian man on suspicion of getting shot the Swedes on Oct. 16 because the soccer match between Belgium and Sweden was about to start out. Police mentioned the Tunisian had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group.
Justice Minister Vincent van Quickenborne subsequently resigned after an investigation revealed {that a} request by Tunisia to extradite the person from Belgium in August 2022 had not been acted on by Belgian justice authorities.
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