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In Belgium, five more people detained in Paris attacks probe

In Belgium, five more people detained in Paris attacks probe

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Police set up a barricade during an operation in the centre of Brussels on Sunday, November 22, 2015. Western leaders stepped up the rhetoric against the Islamic State group on Sunday as residents of the Belgian capital awoke to largely empty streets and the city entered its second day under the highest threat level. Photo: AP

BRUSSELS: Belgian authorities have detained five people, including two brothers, after two days of raids related to Paris attacks. The federal prosecutor's office said two people were detained following a house search Monday in the Laeken district of Brussels. On Sunday evening, another Brussels house was searched on orders from an investigating judge specializing in terrorism. Two brothers found there were taken in for questioning, as well as a friend. The prosecutor's office said an analysis of phone records led to Sunday's search. Authorities said they found no weapons or explosives at either residence, and did not identify those detained. The investigating judge will decide later on whether to keep the five in custody. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the November 13 Paris attacks, which left 130 people dead.