Two die in Belgian anti-terrorraid

Prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said a third person had been arrested in the raid in Verviers, and no police or members of the public were harmed. Mr Van der Sypt told reporters police had targeted a group returning from Syria who had been about to launch attacks in a matter of hours, BBC News reports. Suspects had opened fire on police with assault weapons, he said. "The suspects immediately and for several minutes opened fire with military weaponry and handguns on the special units of the federal police before they were neutralised," he said. Anti-terror raids are also continuing overnight in Brussels and surrounding areas. Earlier on Thursday two suspected Islamists were arrested in the suburb of Zaventem, local media reported. Belgian officials say more than 300 people have left Belgium to fight with Islamic militant groups in Syria and Iraq. Read more