Belgian authorities arrested seven people on
Wednesday suspected of recruiting young Muslims in Brussels to join
Islamic militants fighting in Africa, federal prosecutors said.
The
investigation was triggered when a Belgian national was detained at the
Somali border in August 2011 and found to be wanting to join Somalia's
al Shabaab militants.
The arrests of six people of Moroccan and
African origin and one Belgian national followed house searches in
several parts of Brussels, the prosecutors said.
The suspects were being questioned, a spokesman for the federal prosecution said, declining to give further details.
Al
Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked group, still controls vast rural parts of
Somalia, although they have lost their grip on major cities in the
country after an African Union-led offensive allowed the central
government to regain control.
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