A local police official in Sambreville told Reuters by telephone that an operation had been concluded but declined to say what the aim of it had been. A local government official referred all inquiries to the federal prosecutor in Brussels who is handling inquiries into the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris.
Federal police and prosecutors had no immediate comment.
The raid was in Auvelais, part of the commune of Sambreville, the Belgian media reports said.
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