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CBN.com
Mark Martin
Europe is on high alert Friday after police put a stop to what they say was about to be another major European terrorist attack.
More than two dozen suspects have been arrested in anti-terror sweeps in France, Germany and Belgium.
Authorities increased security around Brussels, less than two hours from Paris where the French are also on high alert after terror attacks there last week left 17 dead.
In Belgium, investigators tried to serve warrants to terror suspects in the small town of Verviers who had recently returned from Syria.
“Certain suspects immediately opened fire with automatic weapons,” Eric Van der Sypt, a Belgian federal magistrate, said at a press conference Friday.
The shootout resulted in the deaths of two suspects and the arrest of a third. The gun battle was one of at least 10 anti-terror operations across Belgium.