- Belgium's ministry of justice said a 'second Paris (attack) has been avoided' after police smash Islamic terror cell
- ISIS cell planned to film horrific murder of policeman or judge and circulate the footage online, police sources said
- Commandos killed two suspected Islamic State jihadists and arrest a third in swoop in eastern town of Verviers
- Dead suspects believed to be Redouane Hagaoui (Abu Khalid Al Maghribi) and Tarik Jadaoun (Abu Hamza Belgiki)
- Terror cell was 'equipped with Belgian police uniforms, four Kalashnikov machine guns, handguns and explosives'
- Dozens of simultaneous raids across country were 'triggered by return of terror kingpin from abroad to Verviers'
- Some cell members were not at home and could now be at large, source close to the investigation told MailOnline
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09:04 GMT, 16 January 2015
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Updated:
14:22 GMT, 16 January 2015
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Belgian terror cell poised to carry out 'a second Paris' attack planned
to abduct and behead a senior policeman or judge, it was claimed today.
The
radical Islamic group smashed in police raids yesterday planned to film
the horrific murder and circulate the footage online, bringing the
brutality of ISIS to the West, police sources said.
It
comes after anti-terror commandos shot dead two suspected Islamic State
jihadis and arrested a third at a property in the town of Verviers.
The cell was reportedly equipped with Belgian police uniforms, four Kalashnikov machine guns, handguns and explosives.
They were also planning to take a number of hostages by seizing a bus, it was reported by Belgium's RTL broadcaster.
The
dead suspects are believed to be Redouane Hagaoui, 22, also known as
Abu Khalid Al Maghribi, and Tarik Jadaoun, who has the alias Abu Hamza
Belgiki.
The pair had recently returned to their home town of Verviers after fighting with ISIS in Syria.
As
detectives continued to search the Verviers property for evidence, the
Sudpresse news outlet said their families feared they were dead.
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Suspects:
Two jihadis killed in an anti-terror raid in Verviers, Belgium, are
believed to be Redouane Hagaoui (left), also known as Abu Khalid Al
Maghribi, and Tarik Jadaoun (right), who has the alias Abu Hamza Belgiki
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Jihadis: Redouane Hagaoui (left) and
Tarik Jadaoun (right) were named as possible suspects after their
families expressed fears for their whereabouts. The pair had recently
returned to their home town of Verviers after fighting with ISIS in
Syria
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Keeping watch: Belgian police officers
stand guard outside a house in the town of Verviers where two suspected
Islamic State jihadis were shot dead and a third arrested in an
anti-terror raid. The cell is believed to have been planning to abduct
and behead a policeman or judge
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Tight security: Police block a street
in Verviers, eastern Belgium where an anti-terror operation took place
to smash a suspected ISIS cell
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Tense: Police swooped on the cell
after having them under surveillance for several weeks, making a dozen
raids across the country
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Belgian police inspect an apartment in
central Verviers, a town between Liege and the German border, in east
Belgium, where anti-terror commandos shot dead two suspected jihadis in a
raid that was said to have averted 'a second Paris' terror attack
It
reported: 'Redouane and Tarik's families are waiting for one thing - to
know the identities to be reassured. They are not aware of what is
going on and they are afraid for their children.'
A local cafe owner said that Jadaoun had been living at the address that police raided for the last two months.
She told MailOnline: 'He came here every day for coffee and food. I recognise his beard.
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