Anti-terror raids in Europe
A police officer patrols in front of the Antwerp cathedral, Jan.16, 2015. Belgian police arrested 13 people during a dozen raids overnight, smashing a plot to kill police officers "in public roads and in police stations," prosecutors said.
Verviers, Belgium
Members of the forensic team arrive at Colline street in Verviers, eastern Belgium after police shot dead two suspects in a gun battle after they opened fire on officers with heavy weapons, and arrested a third man, Jan. 16, 2015.
Bulgaria
Fritz-Joly Joachin, center, 29, a French citizen of Haitian origin arrives at court in the town of Haskovo, south-eastern Bulgaria, on January 16, 2015. A Frenchman arrested in Bulgaria on January 1 trying to cross into Turkey was in contact with one of the men who carried out Islamist attacks in Paris last week, prosecutors said on January 13. Public prosecutor Darina Slavova said Fritz-Joly Joachin's contacts with Cherif Kouachi took place before Joachin left France on December 30, a week before Cherif Kouachi and his brother Said killed 12 people in Paris attacks that shocked the world.
Verviers, Belgium
Police cars and vans are parked in a street as police set up a large security perimeter in the city center of Verviers, eastern Belgium, where two people were killed in an anti-terrorism operation on Jan. 15, 2015.
Authorities said more anti-terrorist raids were underway in the Brussels region, adding that Belgium's terror alert level was raised to its second-highest level.
Verviers, Belgium
Police block Colline street in Verviers, eastern Belgium after two were killed during an anti-terrorist operation, Jan. 15, 2015.
Belgian police launched a "jihadist-related" anti-terrorism operation in the eastern town of Verviers on January 15. According to the Belgian prosecutor's office, the group which police targeted was about to commit a terror attack.
Verviers, Belgium
A police officer walks near locals as police set a large security perimeter around 6 Colline street in the city center of Verviers, eastern Belgium, where two people were killed in an anti-terrorism operation, Jan. 15, 2015.
Verviers, Belgium
Journalists and local residents stand near police vehicles as police set a large security perimeter in the city center of Verviers, Belgium after a "jihadist-related" anti-terrorism operation, Jan. 15, 2015.
Verviers, Belgium
Belgian police inspect an apartment in central Verviers, Belgium, a town between Liege and the German border, Jan. 15, 2015.
Verviers, Belgium
A policeman stands guard in Verviers, Belgium, on January 15, 2015, after two people were reportedly killed during an anti-terrorist operation.
Verviers, Belgium
A street sign is pictured in Colline street in Verviers, eastern Belgium, on January 15, 2015, after two people were reportedly killed during an anti-terrorist operation.
Verviers, Belgium
Belgium's federal prosecutor spokesman Eric Van der Sypt, center, talks to the press at a press conference in Brussels after an anti-terrorist operation during which two were reportedly killed, Jan. 15, 2015.
Verviers, Belgium
Belgium's federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt gives a press conference in Brussels, on January 15, 2015 after an anti-terrorist operation during which two were reportedly killed. Belgian police launched a "jihadist-related" anti-terrorism operation in the eastern town of Verviers on January 15.
Verviers, Belgium
Policemen and forensic police work in Colline street in Verviers, Belgium, Jan. 15, 2015.
Verviers, Belgium
A police forensics team work in Colline street in Verviers, Belgium, Jan. 15, 2015.
Verviers, Belgium
A police forensic team works around the site of a raid on an anti-terrorist raid in Verviers, Belgium, Jan. 15, 2015.
Verviers, Belgium
A police forensic team works around the site of a raid on an anti-terrorist raid in Verviers, Belgium, Jan. 15, 2015.
Verviers, Belgium
Belgian police enter a building in Palais street, near Colline street in Verviers, eastern Belgium, on January 15, 2015, as police set a large security perimeter around the number 6 of Colline street where two men were reportedly killed during an anti-terrorist operation.
Verviers, Belgium
Police officers work in a cordoned off section of Colline street in Verviers, Belgium, Jan. 15, 2015, after two suspected jihadists were killed during an anti-terrorist operation.