Belgian police 'thwart imminent al-Qaeda attack'

Brussels - Belgian police say they have thwarted an imminent al-Qaeda suicide bomb attack as Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other European Union leaders arrived for a summit in Brussels. The arrival of EU leaders and intelligence that a terror attack was on the way triggered a massive police operation, involving 242 officers (Snip) Police have arrested 14 suspects, three of whom, including the suspected suicide bomber, had just returned from Afghanistan, where it is thought they had received orders from al-Qaeda commanders.

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