10 arrested in France, Belgium in suspicious linkage to terror attacks

Ten people have been arrested between Monday and Wednesday in France and Belgium in suspecious linkage to the terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a Kosher supermarket in Paris in January 2015, local media reported on Wednesday.

The persons arrested are suspected to have provided Amedy Coulibaly -- the culprit of the attacks against the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo -- with weapons and have been detained in custody, Belgium's public broadcaster RTBF said.

The weapons used by Coulibaly came from Slovakia and were sold by an intermediary person in Belgium to Claude Hermant, currently in jail for illegal traffic of arms, added local media 7sur7.be, quoting judiciary sources close to the investigation.

Four people died on January 9 of 2015, when Amedy Coulibaly attacked a Jewish supermarket in Paris. Another 12 people died two days before, when the brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi opened fire against the office of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Endit