Man shot and arrested at tram stop in Brussels charged with terrorist activity

Belgian media are reporting that four suspects have been detained in 13 raids today.

It is understood the raids were carried out across three cities in the country in the last number of hours.

It is after a man shot and arrested at a tram stop in Brussels on Friday was been charged with participating in a terrorist group.

Earlier an Algerian suspect wanted by Belgian investigators was detained in southern Italy.

Italian police say the man is suspected of forging documents for the jihadi network behind the Brussels and Paris attacks.

Meanwhile, a Brussels square that has been a memorial site turned agitated on Sunday when black-clad men started shouting slogans and carrying a banner with an expletive against the Islamic State group.

Hundreds of people were remembering the 31 victims of Tuesday's attacks when dozens of men, some in balaclavas and anonymous masks, barged to the centre of Place de la Bourse and mounted the steps of the stock exchange building.

Riot squads joined plainclothes policemen to move the protesters away from the square. A water cannon sprayed the protesters.

The anti-IS rally came despite government appeals not to hold a march against fear Sunday in Brussels since the security forces were stretched too thinly to provide security.