Seven people were detained in raids around Belgium linked to the Brussels terror attacks, officials said Friday, NBC News reported. The raids came as French officials said an operation in the northwest suburbs of Paris thwarted a potential attack.
Meanwhile, a fifth suspect in the Brussels bombings was named in media reports Friday which described him as "armed and very dangerous." Naim al-Hamed, 28, is a Syrian on a list of suspects circulated to security services in other European countries after Tuesday's attack, Belgian newspaper De Morgen and news site DH reported citing police. NBC News was unable to immediately confirm the reports.
Al-Hamed is thought to have been involved in the Nov. 13 massacres in Paris.
His name was listed alongside the four other suspects: Mohamed Abrini, Najim Laachraoui and brothers Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui, according to the reports. Sources have told NBC News that suspected Paris attacks bomb-maker Laachraoui also died at the airport — but Belgian authorities have not officially commented on that.
