BRUSSELS ¨C Brussels police detained a man with suspected militant links who was found to be carrying two gas bottles in his car after he was pulled over on Thursday for running a red light, officials said.
The man was not named and prosecutors said in a statement that it was too early to speculate on whether he had any criminal intent, although he was ¡°known to police.
The mayor of the district where he was stopped said police had previously suspected him of links to radical Islam.
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