Police in Belgium detained at least six people last week in connection with an alleged terror plot on New Year’s Eve in Brussels. Two men were arrested Tuesday. The pair of Belgian nationals, identified by the BBC only as 30-year old Said S. and 27-year-old Mohammed K., were planning holiday terror attacks in Brussels, prosecutors said. Belgian police detained six more people during raids Thursday morning. Those six were connected to an alleged New Year’s Eve plot in Brussels. The prosecutor’s office did not mention any other potential targets or threats in Europe. But earlier this week, Austrian police received intelligence that major European capitals were at risk of being attacked over the holiday. Brussels’ main New Year’s fireworks display was cancelled after the plot was uncovered. In Russia, Red Square also closed for New Year’s celebrations. In Paris, site of a deadly terrorist attack in November, the main fireworks display were cancelled. A traditional New Year’s gathering on the Champs-Elysees will be held. I’m Jonathan Evans. Staff members from VOA news wrote this story for VOAnews.com. Jim Dresbach adapted it for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor. Do you worry about terrorism happening in crowded places? We want to know what you think. Write to us in the Comments Section or visit our Facebook page. _____________________________________________________________ Words in This Story nationals – n. people who are citizens of a country prosecutors – n. lawyers who represents the side in a court case that accuses a person of a crime and who try to prove that the person is guilty
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