2015 Verviers police raid

Belgian anti-terrorism police raid 2015 Verviers police raid Islamic terrorism in Europe Aftermath of raid in Verviers Province de Liège in Belgium.svg 250px Location of the province of Liège within Belgium Verviers, Liège, Belgium 50.589818 5.862967 region:BE-WLG_type:event dms inline,title 15 January 2015 Police raid 2 suspects 1 suspect On 15 January 2015, Belgian police carried out a raid on premises in Verviers, Belgium. According to news sources, the raids were an anti-terrorist operation against Islamist radicals.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30840160 Belgian anti-terror raid in Verviers 'leaves two dead' BBC News 15 January 2015http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/belgian-counterterrorism-raid-in-verviers-leaves-2-dead-report-says-1.2902052 Belgian counterterrorism raid in Verviers leaves 2 dead, report says CBC News 15 January 2015 Operations Two suspects died in the raids, which involved heavy gunfire, with a third being seriously wounded.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/11349110/Casualties-in-Belgium-police-anti-terror-raid-in-Verviers.html Casualties in Belgium police anti-terror raid in Verviers 15 January 2015 Bruno Waterfield The Daily Telegraphhttp://newsmonkey.be/article/29059 Politie schiet twee terreurverdachten dood in Verviers, verschillende invallen in ons land newsmonkey nl 15 January 2015 15 January 2015 5 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305195816/http://newsmonkey.be/article/29059 deadno mention of wounded June 2017 Other operations were carried out in Brussels and the nearby municipalities of Schaerbeek, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Vilvoorde, and Zaventem.http://www.lesoir.be/759121/article/actualite/belgique/2015-01-15/operations-anti-djihadistes-en-belgique-deux-morts-videos-et-direct Opérations anti-djihadistes en Belgique: deux morts (vidéos et direct) Le Soir fr 15 January 2015 An armed man was reported to have been arrested in Brussels. The Belgian prosecutor's office stated that the raids were an operation against a jihadist terrorist cell,https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/world/europe/police-raid-belgium.html At Least 2 Killed in Antiterror Raid by the Belgian Police James Kanter New York Times 15 January 2015http://www.lindependant.fr/2015/01/15/charliehebdo-tout-ce-qu-il-faut-savoir-aujourd-hui,1979529.php Belgique: opération contre un groupe jihadiste prêt à commettre un attentat, deux morts Lindependant.fr fr 15 January 2015 reportedly believed to have links to ISIS,https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/15/world/belgium-anti-terror-operation/ Report: Two killed in Belgian anti-terror operation Mariano Castillo 15 January 2015 CNN on the verge of committing a terrorist attack.http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/belgium-police-kill-two-that-authorities-claim-were-on-verge-of-terrorist-attack-1.2067475 Belgium police kill two that authorities claim were on verge of terrorist attack Irish Times Police are investigating the possibility of links to the Charlie Hebdo shooting in neighbouring France.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/verviers-three-terrorists-killed-belgium-4985990 Verviers: Three terrorists killed in Belgium after police swoop on address following tip-off Andy Lines Daily Mirror 15 January 2015 The men killed in the raid, Redouane Hagaoui and Tarik Jadaoun, were alleged by police to have been planning to attack sellers of the "survivors' issue" of Charlie Hebdo released following the attack in Paris.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/11351958/Belgian-terrorist-cell-linked-to-targeting-of-news-agents-selling-Charlie-Hebdo.html Belgian terrorist cell 'linked to targeting of news agents selling Charlie Hebdo' Daily Telegraph 16 January 2015 Bruno Waterfield Response On 17 January 2015, the Belgian government began a deployment of troops throughout Belgium to defend potential terrorist targets, Operation Vigilant Guardian.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30860064 Belgium deploys troops following anti-terror raids 17 January 2015 BBC NewsLasoen Kenneth Indications and warning in Brussels. Brussels is not Delphi Journal of Strategic Studies 2017 40 10.1080/01402390.2017.1288111 157685300 Verviers terror cell trial A trial against 16 members of the terrorist cell dismantled in Verviers began in 2016. Nine of the defendants were still at large and tried in absentia, including two Belgian, five French, one Moroccan and one Dutch national, who were thought to be fighting for the ISIL in Syria, to be in hiding or to be deceased. Belgian police said the group was on the verge of a coordinated attack of killing police officers in public roads and in police stations, and police had found "Kalashnikov assault rifles, explosives, ammunition and communications equipment – along with police uniforms that could have been used for the plot" during the raids.Trial of Verviers terror cell suspects opens in Brussels http://www.france24.com/en/20160509-trial-verviers-terror-cell-suspects-opens-brussels France 24 AFP 9 May 20167Belgium puts Verviers terror cell suspects on trial https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36245504 BBC News 9 May 2016 The cell was found to have been led by Abdelhamid Abaaoud via telephone from Athens, who evaded capture in the Greek capital. A member of the Brussels ISIL terror cell, he later had a leading role in the November 2015 Paris attacks.Morris Chris Paris attacks 'ringleader' Abdelhamid Abaaoud evaded Athens police https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35044182 8 December 2015 BBC News 8 December 2015 In 2016, members of the cell were sentenced to between 8 and 16 years imprisonment.Belgium convicts Verviers cell of forming terror organization http://www.dw.com/en/belgium-convicts-verviers-cell-of-forming-terror-organization/a-19377978 Deutsche Welle AFP, Reuters 5 July 2016 See also Islam 2015 Saint-Denis raid 2015 Thalys train attack 2015 Brussels lockdown 2016 Brussels bombings Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting (2014) Terrorism in the European Union References Category:2015 in Brussels Category:Attacks in Europe in 2015 Category:Counterterrorism in Belgium Category:Deaths by firearm in Belgium Category:Islamic terrorism in Belgium Category:January 2015 in Belgium Category:January 2015 Île-de-France attacks Category:History of Liège Province Category:Law enforcement operations against Islamist groups Category:Terrorist incidents in Belgium in 2015 Category:Verviers