Belgian police seize 15 suspected Islamic militants in raids

FIFTEEN suspected Islamic extremists have been arrested in Belgium as part of an international investigation.

Belgian federal prosecutor Daniel Bernard yesterday said that the 15 are all foreigners, including Palestinians, Jordanians, Moroccans and Egyptians.

“They have been deprived of their liberty. Some of them will be referred to an examining magistrate,” he told a news conference. Mr Bernard did not immediately draw a link between the arrests and the Madrid bombings in March which killed 191 people.