5 more arrests on weekend anti-terror raids in Brussels, Paris gunman elusive
November 23, 2015  17:42
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Belgian police have made five more arrests in anti-terror raids, but suspected Paris attacks gunman Salah Abdeslam remains at large, the authorities have said. The total number of arrests are now 21.


Some 22 raids were carried out Sunday across Brussels and Charleroi, the federal prosecutor's spokesman said. Brussels remains on the highest level of terror alert, reports the BBC.


Universities, schools and the metro system will stay closed on Monday.


More than 130 died and 350 were injured in the Paris attacks 10 days ago.


Police fired two shots at a car during an operation in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, injuring one suspect who was later arrested. No weapons or explosives were found during the searches on Sunday, spokesman Eric Van Der Sypt told a news conference.


Image: Belgian soldiers and a police officer inspect the documents of a woman in a shopping street in central Brussels, after security was tightened in Belgium following the attacks in Paris. Photograph: Youssef Boudlal/ Reuters
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