{"id":24343,"date":"2016-04-03T03:02:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T03:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/belgium-charges-third-suspect-over-foiled-france\/"},"modified":"2016-04-03T03:01:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T03:01:54","slug":"belgium-charges-third-suspect-over-foiled-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/belgium-charges-third-suspect-over-foiled-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium charges third suspect over foiled France attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Suspect joins others being held across Europe as authorities increase efforts to stem cross-border networks.}<\/p>\n<p>Belgium has charged a third suspect with participating in a &#8220;terrorist group&#8221; over a foiled plan to attack France.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors on Saturday named the suspect as 35-year-old Y.A., but gave no further details.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He [Y.A.] has been charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist group,&#8221; the federal prosecutor&#8217;s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the development was part of a joint investigation by France and Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Two others, Abderrahmane A. and Rabah M., are also being held in Belgium over the same plot.<\/p>\n<p>The main plot suspect is Reda Kriket, who was arrested near Paris last week after police discovered a large number of weapons and explosives at his home.<\/p>\n<p>Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said &#8220;no specific target&#8221; had been identified for the foiled attack but that the cache of weapons showed an imminent act of &#8220;extreme violence&#8221; had likely been prevented.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands is also detaining a French national for the same atack and he is currently fighting his extradition to France.<\/p>\n<p>European authorities have been under pressure to increase efforts to eliminate cross-border armed networks after close links emerged between the fighters of the November Paris attacks and last week&#8217;s suicide blasts at Belgium&#8217;s airport and a metro station.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-11359 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/74342c27655d461fab2d8901b30b5364_18-2.jpg\" alt=\"Belgium has foiled a plan to attack France and charged a total of three suspects\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Suspect joins others being held across Europe as authorities increase efforts to stem cross-border networks.} Belgium has charged a third suspect with participating in a &#8220;terrorist group&#8221; over a foiled plan to attack France. 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