Poverty and a lack of resources has emboldened far-right groups, writes Sorcha Ní Coileain in Brussels

EU struggles to understand what drives people to join terror cells, writes Sorcha Ní Coileain

A second attacker is suspected of taking part in the bombing this week of a Brussels subway train and may be at large, according to Belgian and French media reports, amid signs that the same Islamic State (IS) network was behind the attacks in Brussels and bloodshed in Paris last year.

EVERY terror attack by Islamic extremists provokes anger and the incomprehension religious fanaticism generates in a largely pluralist, liberal, and increasingly irreligious Western world.

The Belgian government warned at the weekend that there might be an attack after the security services captured their most wanted man. It came swiftly.

Frightened people will turn to the national authorities they know and may increasingly see Europe, not as the answer, but as the problem — even the threat, writes John Lloyd

Questions have been raised about the capability of the Belgian police and intelligence services, in the wake of the atrocities in Brussels.

An Iraqi intelligence official says sources in the Syrian city of Raqqa have told them that the Islamic State group has been planning terrorist attacks in Europe for two months which would “target airports and train stations”.

The most wanted fugitive from November’s Paris attacks was arrested after a shootout with police in Brussels yesterday, said Belgium’s prime minister.

After a four-month manhunt, police have captured the top fugitive in last year’s deadly Paris attacks in the same Brussels neighbourhood where he grew up.

Three police officers were slightly injured when shots were fired during an anti-terror raid in the Belgian capital Brussels, an official has said.

Police in Belgium and Germany have carried out raids on several premises linked to Islamic extremists, including the Islamic State group.

A 10th suspect has been arrested in Belgium in connection with the Paris terror attacks in November.

The streets around Gare de Midi are thronged with people on Sunday mornings buying vegetables, fruit, clothing. It’s known for big quantities and low prices.

Shopping centres and public transport were the most likely targets of terrorists planning attacks on Brussels, Belgium’s prime minister Charles Michel said as he announced the city’s lockdown would remain in force today.

France wants to unite with the US and Russia in a grand coalition dedicated to fighting Islamic State (IS), French president Francois Hollande has said.

A massive police operation in the Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek has ended without any injuries.

A woman captured on CCTV in Belgium a week ago with a young girl resembling Madeleine McCann has still not come forward despite massive publicity.

A woman captured on CCTV in Belgium a week ago with a young girl resembling Madeleine McCann has still not come forward despite massive publicity.