Two people have been killed yesterday at around 6:30 PM Belgium time in a “counter-terrorism” raid in Verviers in eastern Belgium and the security alert level has been raised in the kingdom, according to a Belgian prosecutor. Magistrate Eric Van der Sypt said that the suspects were on the verge of committing a major attack and that they immediately opened fire on security forces. He said in an emergency news conference at 8:30 PM last night that raids were under way in the Brussels region and Verviers. Belgium’s terror alert level was raised to its second highest level.