BRUSSELS, (ST)_ Belgian Sources at the State Security Department said that there are 70 Belgians fighting with the armed terrorist groups in Syria.
” La Republic Belgique” newspaper quoted the sources as saying that the “Belgians fighters” in Syria are not working with the militia of the so-called “free army” but with other “hardline Salafi .” groups
The sources pointed out that these “fighters” are members of a recently dismantled militant cell called Sharia for Belgium that worked on recruiting young men and sending them to fight in many parts of the world including Yemen ,Chechnya and Syria.
Security officials in the country fear that these terrorists will return to Belgium and use the gained combat experience in disseminating extremist ideas or participating in terrorist acts in Belgium or in other European countries.
Member of the Belgian Parliament Dennis Dhikarm on Monday demanded the Belgian government to punish those extremists by activating the law already passed in 1979.
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