Nineteen houses were
searched in the Brussels city and during the operations sixteen people have
been arrested following raids police fired two shots at a vehicle in Molenbeek.
One of those arrested was
injured when his car tried to ram into police during an attempted getaway Paris
suspect Salah Abdeslam was not among those detained, he still at large.
Eric Van der Sypt, a
Belgian federal prosecutor, said no firearms or explosives were discovered -
and added that although the police raids have ended, their investigation is
ongoing.
According to Sky's Enda
Brady, who is in Brussels, there are some unsubstantiated reports in Belgian
media that Abdeslam was in a BMW heading towards the German border.
With an alleged terrorist
still at large, schools, universities and the Metro transport system in
Brussels will remain closed on Monday - as the Belgian Prime Minister expressed
fears that individuals could "launch several attacks at the same time in
multiple locations".
Brussels remains on the
highest terror threat level, which indicates that an attack is
"imminent" - while the rest of the country is on the second-highest
level, to reflect an incident is "probable".
The army and police
presence has been boosted in the capital to protect targets such as shops and
public transport.
Belgium has been at the
centre of investigations into the Paris attacks after it emerged that two of
the suicide bombers lived in the poor district of Molenbeek.
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