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Dutch police on March 18 arrested a Turkish-born suspect over a shooting on a tram in Utrecht that left three people dead in what officials said was a possible terror attack.

Belgian authorities have charged a Belgian man with providing arms to the attackers who carried out the attacks in Paris in November 2015, reported Reuters. 

"The person was taken in for questioning before Christmas. The matter concerns the provision of arms," a spokesman for Belgian federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.

A large-scale manhunt has been launched in France for a suspected extremist gunman who shot at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, killing three people and injuring at least 12, reported the Independent.

Police have shot dead a gunman who killed two people and injured three others in a hostage-taking at a supermarket in the town of Trèbes, near Carcassonne in southern France, reported the Guardian. 

Police union official Yves Lefebvre confirmed the suspect was shot dead by police.

Five people were convicted of preparing a terrorist attack in Sydney, BBC reported.

The plan was thwarted by the New South Wales police in 2014. The suspects have planned attacks on the main police building in Sydney and a prison near Litgow, Focus reports.

Two men were killed, and one woman was injured in a shooting at a supermarket in a suburb of Denver, Colorado, reports CNN. 

According to local media, the shooters are two and are still at large. The police urged people to stay away from the scene of the incident.

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Belgium observed a moment of silence on March 22 to mark the first anniversary of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) bombings in Brussels, beginning a day of emotional ceremonies designed to show that the heart of Europe stands defiant.

The victims of terrorist attacks in western countries increased by 650% in 2015 even though there was a worldwide decrease of 10% , according to the 2016 Global Terrorism Index report.

Two Belgian policemen were arrested for helping a group of migrants return to France after they wound up in Belgium by mistake while heading to Calais, officials said Sept. 22.