7 Algerians Arrested After Shootout, Siege

After a shootout and a 12-hour standoff, police arrested seven Algerians suspected of belonging to an Islamic militant group blamed for massacres in Algeria and bombings in France. Six of the suspects were arrested in a raid on a row house in a rundown Brussels district inhabited by North African immigrants. The two sides exchanged gunfire during the raid. A seventh armed suspect retreated to an upstairs room of the house and was captured only after police shot canisters of tear gas through a back window, Brussels prosecutor Benoit Dejemeppe said.