A Belgian judge ordered three Chechens jailed on terrorism-related charges, a day after police launched country-wide raids over fears of a possible attack. Six people in all appeared before the judge on July 26. Prosecutors said the judge found the three to be suspected members of an offshoot of the Islamic State extremist group, known as Islamic State Khorasan. The July 25 police raids were carried out in Brussels, and four other major cities, under judicial warrants. The country was hit by suicide bomb attacks at its main airport and in its subway system in 2016, attacks that killed 32 people and wounded hundreds.
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