‘Number of’ arrests in Belgium connected to Paris attacks

PARIS – Belgium’s justice minister says authorities have made several arrests related to the deadly attacks in Paris.

Minister Koen Geens told the VRT network that the arrests came after a car with Belgian license plates was seen close to the Bataclan theatre in Paris on Friday night, one of the places where victims were killed.

He said it was a rental vehicle and police organized several raids in the St. Jans Molenbeek neighbourhood in Brussels on Saturday.

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Geens said “there were arrests relating to the search of the vehicle and person who rented it.” He said the number of arrests was “more than one.”

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