November 2015 Paris attacks

A dramatic night in Brussels did not bring the expected result, a terrorist suspected of involvement in the Paris attacks is still at large.

As in the past few days, the capital of the European Union was completely blocked, the city center completely empty, the silence only broken by the sounds of armored vehicles and communications between members of special police units.

Sixteen people have been detained after an hours-long police operation in Brussels on Sunday, Belgian police have confirmed.

Most media outlets quote officials as saying that Salah Abdeslam, the man sought over the attacks in Paris last Friday, is not among the detained.

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said that Brussels remains on the highest level of alert fearing that what happened in Paris could be repeated in the Belgian capital.

Belgium widened its search on Nov. 22 for armed Islamist extremists whose presence has put Brussels on maximum alert, with officials saying more than one militant was at large in the city.

The alert has closed the capital's metro system, although a senior minister said it was likely to reopen on Nov. 23. 

Huge manhunt taking place in Belgium. The metro has been shut all day, concerts and sporting events canceled, and all shops and restaurants have been shut ordered shut since 6 p.m.

Salah Abdeslam, 26, is the eighth man involved in the deadly Paris attacks that left 130 dead. He is believed to be in Brussels where police are searching for his whereabouts. He has already spoken to three friends via Skype in an effort to get back to Syria.

Turkish police arrested on Saturday a Belgian man of Moroccan descent, who is suspected of scouting out the sites targeted in the attacks in Paris on November 13.

The 26-year-old Ahmet Dahmani was detained at a luxury hotel in the city of Antalya, while two other people were detained for possible links to him.

Just a week after Europe was gripped with shock following the multiple Paris attacks, Belgium raised the alert status for Brussels, its capital, to its highest level. The metro was shut and the public were warned to avoid crowds because of a “serious and imminent” threat of expected attack.

Hasna Ait Boulahcen , the woman thought to have been a suicide bomber during the Saint Denis siege, did not blow herself up, according to a French police source.

Hasna Ait Boulahcen was the cousin of the mastermind of the Paris terror attacks Abdelhamid Abaaoud , who was killed during operation carried out by French special forces at Saint Denis.

EU ministers agreed Nov. 20 to get tough on border security after the devastating Paris attacks, as prosecutors said a third body had been found following a police raid on the ringleader's hideout.