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Belgian Terror Search Finds Video Linked to Nuclear Official

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 10:42 am | < 1 Minute Read

Belgian soldiers and a police officer patrol in central Brussels, November 21, 2015, after security was tightened in Belgium following the fatal attacks in Paris. Belgium raised the alert status for its capital Brussels to the highest level on Saturday, shutting the metro and warning the public to avoid crowds because of a "serious and imminent" threat of an attack. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (Newscom TagID: rtrlseven468194.jpg) [Photo via Newscom] — Belgian soldiers and a police officer patrol in central Brussels, Nov. 21, 2015, after security was tightened in Belgium following the terror attacks in Paris.(Reuters/Youssef Boudlal)

Belgian authorities say that searches in the wake of last year’s deadly terror attacks in Paris have uncovered a video linked to a person working in Belgium’s nuclear industry.

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on Wednesday that an “investigation is actively ongoing.”

Belgian media reported that several hours of video were filmed near the home of a man thought to be a senior official at the Mol nuclear waste facility in the Flanders region. The house of the unidentified man was apparently filmed from a nearby wood.

Prosecutors declined to confirm that information or provide details.

Security services have long feared that terrorists might get their hands on radioactive material. It comes as a cloud hangs over some of Belgium’s nuclear plants after a number of unplanned shutdowns.