Belgian Police Detain Two In Anti-Terror Raids

Two men have been arrested in Belgium amid reports of a planned attack on a Euro 2016 fan zone.

"One man was arrested in (the eastern town of) Verviers and another man in Tournai," close to the French border, a spokesman for the federal prosecutor's office said.

"It is too soon to talk about a terror attack. The two men have to be questioned first," he added.

It comes 10 days after police received an anti-terror alert warning that a group of Islamic State fighters recently left Syria en route to Europe planning attacks in Belgium and France.

Last week, Belgium charged three men with "attempted terrorist murder" after massive anti-terror raids linked to a reported threat to fans during a Euro 2016 football game.

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Prosecutors said at the time that they were responding to a need for "an immediate intervention".

Belgium police killed two IS jihadis in a raid in Verviers in January 2015 who were later found to be linked to the cells involved in both the Brussels and Paris attacks.

The country has been on level three or above since the Paris attacks in November and assaults on Brussels Airport, and a metro station, which led to the deaths of 32 people in March. Level three - of four - means the threat is considered serious, possible and probable.

In May, Belgian authorities arrested four people who they say may have been plotting a terror attack in the country.

Police said they found "traces" of a plot and that those detained were suspected of recruiting jihadists for Syria and Libya on behalf of Islamic State.