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IS flag found during Brussels raid linked to Paris attacks

An Islamic State flag was found by the body of a gunman shot in a house raid near Brussels, authorities said.

Two suspects escaped during the anti-terrorism raid, which was linked to the Paris attacks.

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Islamic State flag found by body of gunmen during raid

A victim is removed from the scene where shots were fired during a police search of a house in the suburb of Forest near Brussels. Credit: Reuters

An Islamic State flag and a Salafist manual was found by the body of a gunman shot in a house raid near Brussels, authorities said.

The gunman shot dead on Tuesday in Brussels following a raid linked to investigations into the Paris attacks was named as Mohamed Belkaid, a 35-year-old Algerian living illegally in Belgium.

A police sniper shot dead the suspect, who had an assault rifle, after four officers were wounded on Tuesday during what investigators had expected to be a routine search of an apartment in the suburb of Forest.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Belgian federal prosecutors said they were holding two men, one who had been admitted to hospital near Brussels with a broken leg.

It has not yet been established whether they were connected to the shooting. Two suspects remain on the run.

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