BRUSSELS: Dozens of anti-terror raids were carried out across Belgium overnight in a case that needed "an immediate intervention", and 12 people have been held, federal prosecutors said Saturday.

The raids took place in 16 communes in Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia and "passed off without incident," they said in a statement, adding that "until now no arms or explosives were found."

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