Attacker wounds 2 police in Belgium, shouts ‘Allahu Akhbar’
Two female officers were attacked and wounded by a man wielding a machete and shouting “Allahu Akhbar” outside the main police station in the Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday,…
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Belgian minister resigns after airport security criticized
By LORNE COOK and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Belgium’s transport minister resigned Friday after a secret European Union report detailing lapses in airport security oversight was leaked in the wake of the…
Officials: Group that hit Brussels planned 2nd France attack
By RAPHAEL SATTER The attackers who struck Brussels on March 22 initially planned to launch a second assault on France, Belgium’s Federal Prosecution Office said Sunday. But the perpetrators were…
Foreign fighters are evading Europe’s security net
By LORNE COOK and DOMINIQUE SOGUEL When Ibrahim El Bakraoui blew himself up in the Brussels Airport check-in area, killing and maiming scores of travelers, it was at least the…
At least 31 dead in bombings of Brussels airport, metro
By LORNE COOK and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city’s metro stations Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens, as a…
Suspect charged with “terrorist murder” for Paris attacks
By JOHN-THOR-DAHLBURG and PHILIPPE SOTTO Salah Abdeslam, the top suspect in last year’s Paris attacks, was charged with “terrorist murder” on Saturday by Belgian authorities and his lawyer vowed to…
Dead pig found at German mosque building site
Police say a dead pig with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s name daubed on it has been found at a construction site where a mosque is being built in the eastern German…
European police arrest 2 dozen in anti-terrorism sweeps
By RAF CASERT and ANGELA CHARLTON French, German and Belgian police arrested more than two dozen suspects in anti-terrorism raids Friday, as European authorities rushed to thwart more attacks by…