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The two, named as
33-year-old Nourredine H. and his brother Hamza H., will appear
before a judge on Saturday to determine whether they should be
held in custody beyond an initial 24 hours.
"Based on provisional results from the investigation, it appears
that there were plans to carry out an attack somewhere in
Belgium," the federal prosecution office said in a statement.
For the time being there was no connection with the attacks at
Brussels airport and the metro on March 22, in which 32 people
were killed, the prosecution office said.
Police carried out seven house searches in the region of Mons
and a further house search in Liege. No weapons or explosives
were found.
Brussels, home to European Union institutions and the
headquarters of NATO, and Belgium in general are on a security
alert level of three out of a maximum of four, a "serious"
status with a "possible and probable" threat.
(Reporting By Philip Blenkinsop; Editing by Andrew Heavens and
Angus MacSwan)
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