John Kerry arrives in Brussels for counterterrorism talks hours after 6 people were arrested in raids

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published 25 March 2016

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Brussels Friday morning for counterterrorism talks with leaders from the European Union and Belgium. He also will pay his respects to the 31 people who died and 270 who were wounded in this week's Islamic State-linked suicide bombings at the Brussels airport and a subway station. Police in Brussels detained at least six people in counterterrorism raids Thursday night and early Friday as authorities hunt for two suspects in the Brussels bombings and try to head off another terrorist attack.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.

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