Belgian authorities have held two people for questioning following raids on five premises as part of the search for suspects linked to the Paris attacks, according to a statement from Belgian prosecutor’s office. Authorities confirmed that the searches relate to the investigation into Mohamed Abrini, 30 and Ahmed Dahmani, 26, a Belgian national of Moroccan descent with ties to Salah Abdeslam, who is currently detained in Turkey. “We did not find anything special, not explosives, nor chemicals, nor money,” Eric Van Der Sypt, the prosecutor’s spokesman told POLITICO. Both Abrini and Dahmani had close ties with Salah Abdeslam, currently Europe’s most wanted man. Abrini was filmed with Salah two days before the attacks, in a gas station in Ressons in northern France. He was driving the Renault Clio that was used in the massacre two days later. “Dahmani was known to us; we knew he could have left for Syria,” Van Der Sypt said. “[Dahmani] had communication with the terrorists who committed the Paris attacks,” a Turkish official told POLITICO. Italian police also believe that Dahmani traveled with Salah on a ferry from Italy to Greece on August 1 in a car with a Belgium number plate. The pair returned to Italy from Greece on August 5.
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