VERVIERS, Belgium: Belgian police shot dead two alleged militants in a gun battle on Thursday (Friday in Manila) during a huge operation to foil what they called an imminent terrorist plot, raising fresh alarm for Europe days after 17 people were killed in Paris.

A third person was arrested after the bloody shootout in the eastern town of Verviers, near the German border, involving people who had returned from jihad in Syria.

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