3rd Belgium suspect charged in foiled French terror plot

Belgian authorities charged a third suspect on Saturday with terrorist activities in connection with an apparently imminent terrorist plot in France that was foiled last week, according to federal prosecutors.

The 35-year-old suspect is identified only as Y.A. and was charged with participation in terrorist activities, the Belgian newspaper Le Soir reports.

All three suspects in the case are allegedly linked to Reda Kriket, 34, who was arrested near Paris last week after police allegedly found a cache of weapons and explosive at his home.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said at the time that “no specific target” had been identified but that the discovery of the large amount of arms indicated an imminent act of “extreme violence,” the French news agency AFP reported.

Two other suspects, arrested last week, are identified as Abderrahmane Ameroud, 38, and a man identified only as Rabah M., 34, both Algerian citizens, The New York Times reports.

The Netherlands is also holding a French national, identified as Anis Bahri, 32, who was arrested  in connection with the same alleged plot, and he is currently fighting his extradition to France, according to the AFP and the Times.