(Belga) Belgium’s Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA) received fewer reports of threats that could be linked to terrorism or extremism last year. The government body announced this in a press release on Friday.
CUTA counted 287 threat reports last year, 13 percent less than the 332 in 2023. Of these, 213 were related to extremism or terrorism. The reports came from partner agencies such as the federal prosecutor’s office, the Centre for Cybersecurity or radicalisation officers. In eighteen per cent of cases, the threats came from minors.
Belgium experienced a spike in the last quarter of 2023, when a terrorist killed two Swedish football fans in Brussels. CUTA saw the shooting as a potential “trigger event” that could encourage other extremists to take action, but this did not ultimately happen.
