3 detained in police raids in Brussels

A member of emergency services wearing protective clothing investigates the scene in Schaerbeek, Belgium, Friday March 25, 2016. AP Photo/Alastair Grant

BRUSSELS – Belgian prosecutors say three people have been detained in counterterrorism raids in Brussels prompted by the arrest of a Frenchman in the Paris area suspected of plotting a new attack.

The federal prosecutor’s office says the three were arrested Friday in three different districts of the Belgian capital — Schaerbeek, Forest and Saint-Gilles.

These arrests are believed linked to the arrest of Reda Kriket in France on Thursday. Kriket was convicted in absentia of terrorist activities last year along with the suspected ringleader of the deadly Nov. 13 attacks on Paris.