Belgium Creates List of 614 Terrorist Residents in Country
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The Belgian security services created a database of 614 terrorist fighters known to be or have been residing in Belgium, local media reported Wednesday.
According to the Belgian Interior Ministry's Coordinating Unit for Threat Analysis's [OCAM] database, seen by the Knack newspaper, the list also includes 372 Belgians, as well as Moroccan, French, Algerian and other nationals.
The list includes 266 people who are currently in Syria or Iraq, four fighters who are one the way to these countries and 114 people who have returned from combat zones.
A little more than 70 people on the list attempted to join the wars in the Middle East, while another 157 people plan to go to Syria or Iraq, presumably to join terrorist groups active there.
According to the database, 109 people are presumed dead, although there has been no official confirmation of their deaths.
The paper also noted that 104 people on the list are females.
According to the newspaper, the first person on the list joined extremist ranks in the Middle East in 2012, followed by 12 people per month, with the figures staying the same for 2013.
In 2014, 11 people tried to go to Syria or Iraq every month, while in 2015 the numbers reduced to six per month.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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