Terror suspects killed in Belgian police shoot-out

Alert status raised to second highest level amid fears ‘operational cell’ about to mount major attack

Two suspected terrorists have been killed and a third arrested in a shoot-out with police in Belgium, prosecutors said last night.

The shoot-out in the town of Verviers, close to the German border, broke out as police mounted a series of raids amid fears an “operational cell” was about to mount a major terrorist attack.