neave barker al jazeera, berlin. >>> and a reminder you can keep up to date with all of the news on ourte, there it is on your screen new and improved aljazeera.com. that's aljazeera.com. people were found a month ago. the bodies were dumped in a mass grave just below this house. those who were killed are believed to have been held here after they were kidnapped. only a few of the bodies have been identified.

neave barker reports. >> reporter: belgium authorities say they have prevented an attack on what theya grand scale. as shots ring out in the city, and flames engulf the ground floor of this building, you can clearly hear glass smashing. federal police storming a bakery. covered by snipers on surrounding roof tops. the police had been searching homes of around 10 people, they say they had recently come back from syria. >> during the investigation we found that this group was about to commit terrorist attacks in belgium. during the search warrants, certain suspects immediately opened fire with automatic weapons at special forces of the police. they opened fire during several minutes before being neutralized. two of the suspects were killed, a third one has been arrested. >> reporter: residents had been told not to leave their homes there were few who weren't able to resist a look. some claim to have heard heavy gunfire and three explosions. >> translator: i just left when i saw a police car passing me with its lights flashing. two seconds later i heard three large explosions like gunsho

more from neave barker. >> police stand guard buildings stand the effects of a raid. this was one of a dozen across the country. imminent attack on a grand scale. >> this operation was meant to dismantd ldismantle a terrorist cell and the network behind it. this investigation for the time being has shown that these people had intention to kill several police in the street. >> gun fire and explosions ring out as federal police storm the building. the man that filmed these images has lived on the street for seven years. >> no situations that anything could happen -- no suspicions that anything could happen on the street? >> no, no suspicion. i would like to say that it's very very very sad and we don't want civil war. in bell belgium. we don't want civil war. >> people want to make sense of what happened. this is not islam this woman said don't want islam to kill. she says she doesn't want her life to change. after the raid investigators uncovered bomb making equipment money, kalashnikovs, and importantly, police uniforms. it is felt that the police themselves may have

neave barker al jazeera, berlin. >>> and a reminder you can keep up to date with all of the news on our website, there it is on your screen new and improved aljazeera.com. that's aljazeera.com. people were found a month ago. the bodies were dumped in a mass grave just below this house. those who were killed are believed to have been held here after they were kidnapped. only a few of the bodies have been identified. kidnappings have increased dramatically in mexico over the past few years - thousands taken and never seen again. chili's, clothing, candles... more than 22,000 people have disappeared- since the mexican government launched it's war against cartels in 2996 their families left in limbo wondering if the're dead or alive fault lines is here to investigate one of the worst crises of disappearances in latin america and to meet the families searching for answers - and a justice that never seems to arrive. a sign with details of sara cruz's son - jose rodolfo - hangs in front of her house - in case anyone can help her find him. the last time she saw him, it was a tuesday evening. sh

neave barker, tell us about this situation and why they continued to hold the marches. >> well, pegida is an organization formed only last october in dresden. and has continued to be the focus of renewed demonstrations that happened roughly every monday. last monday around 18,000 pegida supporters took to the streets of dresden and earlier a couple of hours ago we saw the largest crowds yet. organizers said as many as 40,000 people took to the streets. they also face counter-protests from many hundreds of people and there were scenes of running battles between those counter-protesters and the police as they tried the avoid both of those groups running face to face. pegida has focused its attention on what it believes to be the increased islamization of europe. it has focused largely on what it sees as the influx of asylum seekers into the country. something that many pegida supporters believer are eroding traditional german values. they've also become something of an umbrella organization for a awhole spectrum ever right wing views and opinions. many are against the german government,

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we begin with neave barker. >> on the street police stand guard. marks of a terrific gun fight. this police raid was one of a dozen across the country. the authorities say they prevented an imminent attack on a grand scale. >> this operation was meant to dismantle a terrorist cell. not only a terrorist cell but also the network behind it. this identification for the time being has shown that these people have the intention to kill several policemen in the street and at police concerns. >> this was a scene on thursday evening. gun fire and explosions ring out as federal police storm the building. the man that filmed these images lived on the street for seven years. >> have no suspicions that anything could happen on your street? >> no, no, not especially. no suspicion. i would like to say that it's very very, very, very sad and we don't want civil war. in belgium we don't want a civil war. >> vervier has a large muslim population. this woman fears that people will start to pay her negative attention. she says she doesn't want her life to change. after the raid investigators uncov

there were more far right protests wednesday evening, from where neave barker reports. >> this is the picture that cost the leadership. for a movement struggling to shake off links with the right, it's a huge embarrassment. the german vice-chancellor responded to the image saying: here in the city supporters gathered for another mass rally. the movement has been growing rapidly, attracting middle class support from people angry on the stance of immigration. not everyone here is hope with bachmann. >> he had a criminal past. potentially, i don't think he's the best person to be the leader of the movement. >> one cannot make jokes about - like he has done. they will come as a - people who organise this a little bit more and i think it's not - it's not important any more. >> nearby opponents staged their own mass protest. they shout. >> anti-rally protesters blocked off every route to the square. those people that are still brave enough to make it here have to run the gauntlet to some angry scenes. >> bachmann apologised for the picture and referring to asylum seekers as cattle on his fa

neave barker has more from dresden. >> thousands of people here in dresden have gatheragain for anothergathered again foranother mass rally of pegida. tightening of germany's border and an end to the islamization of europe. there are also these banners. the names of those people who were killed in paris. last week. among the names ahmed maruet, the french policeman who was killed in the line of duty. people here from the pegida movement are expressing their solidarity with those killed in france. they perhaps feel, but they have violence some way verified their concerns that the muslim world poses something of a threat to traditional values here in germany. pegida is fast becoming an umbrella organization for a whole range of right wing concerns whether it be anger and frustration of the german government age are with the german media perceived to be filled with left wing violence, and an all of awful lot of support from the ultrafar right who blame asylum seekers on economic unserpt in theuncertainty in the government, huge concern for chancellor angela merkel. >> five members of the same year

neave barker has more. >> reporter: on the street where the raid took place, police standing guard, buildingse marks of a fierce gun fight. the raid left two suspects dead a third was arrested. this police raid was one of a dozen across the country. the authorities say they prevented an imminent attack on a grand scale. >> this was meant to dismental a terrorist cell and also the logistic network behind it. this identification for the time being has shown that these people had intention to kill several policemen in the streets and at [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: this was the scene on thursday evening, gunfire and explosions ring out as federal police storm the building. the man that filmed these images has lived on the street for several years. no suspicions that anything like this could happen on your street? >> no no. no suspicion. i would like to say that -- that -- it is very, very very, very sad, and we don't want severe war in belgium. >> reporter: it has a large muslim population. people are trying to make sense of what happened. this is not islam says this woman. the quran does not wan

. >>> neave barker sends us an update. >> reporter: speaking a short file ago was the belgium federalistrate who said this was a very significant raid not only in the town where i am but also in the belgium capitol, brussels and at least one other town in the country as well. a total of a dozen raids and searches took place on thursday night. but here a gun battle ensued as police tried to search a bakery just up this street behind me. this is the scene this afternoon. the streets still closed off, the population here that are very nervous indeed. according to investigators after they searched this bakery they found bomb-making equipment, money, guns, and police uniforms as well. they suspect an attack was likely to be staged against police officers themselves potentially police stations. >>> well in france 12 people have been arrested in a series of overnight raids. police say some of them may have provided logistical support for last week's attacks. jacky rowland reports. >> reporter: the u.s. secretary of state said he came to give a big hug to the french people. it was also clearl

neave barker, al jazerra. >>> u.s.er john boehner has defended his decision to invite israel's prime minister address congress over iran. the move was seen as a snub to president obama who has promised to veto any new sanction on his iran. they have he said iran poses a serious threat and didn't need permission from the white house to invite netanyahu. >>> another police shooting in the united states has sparked widespread anger as a video shows new jersey police shooting a man who had his hands raised. police officer surrounded the car, stopped at traffic lights demanding the driver to get out believing him to be armed. after a brief standoff the driver steppings out of the car and is shot. >>> police in the mexican border town of tijuana say a drone carrying drugs has crashed in to a supermarket car park crossing at mexico's border with california. police say packages taped to the drone were covered with plastic bags containing the drug known as christ the meg. it's not the first time drones have been used for snuggl

let's join now neave barker is there listening what she's hay been saying?rter: just before she arrived there was a statement from the head of the german parliament who gave a simple comment, that we are not intimidated a. after that the entirely group stood for a minute of silence angela merkel then took to the stand and began by saying how shocked she and the german people were. she repeated that the germany was together in solidarity with the french people. she said that security in france also had a clear-cut effect on the security here in germany. the two nations stand together, that their values, attitude towards freedoms were very similar. and that their histories had been intertwined over the years. she also listed at length lots of different examples where ordinary people have been affected by extremism of all different kind. dating all the way back to the second world war. but now she called on german society to stands united to reevaluate its own sense of national identity, particularly as we see the rise of anti-islam movements in the east of ger

neave barker attended it. >> another mass really organized by pegida. in amongst some of the banners and slogans calling for a tightening in germany's border and an end to the islamization of europe. there are these banners the names of those people who were killed in paris last week. among the names: ahmed m marry maryily the muslim world poses something of a threat to traditional values here in germany. pegida is fast becoming an intrel organization for a whole group of concerns, anger with the german media pegida has also attracted an all of lot of support from the ultimate-far right -- ultrafar right who are against multiculturalism, who blame the fighting on concerns, huge concern for chancellor angela merkel. >> indonesian search teams have retrieved one of the two flight recorders from the airasia flight that crashed more than two weeks ago. they believe they have the cockpit voice recorder as well. step vaessen has more from jakarta. >> the announcement came one week after the flight data recorders earlier located the tail of the airasia plane.

neave barker has more from sarajevo. the war in bosnia haunts the present. this man was a soldier in the bosnian army and remembers sarajevo under siege. >> translation: the concentration camp the worst in the world. we couldn't escape. there was danger everywhere. snipers were shooting at our buildings here. >> bosnia witnessed some of the worst horrors of the war. the conflict has left profound mental scars. >> there have been several times i couldn't control myself my memories were worse. i explode easily i'm not good for anyone especially my family. >> he is one of many ex-fighters suffering post drama stress, and is refusing psychiatric help. in 20 years, more than 4,000 veterans have taken their own lives. ordinary bosnians are deeply traumatized. this is what daily life in sarajevo looks like. civilians running the gaunt the of sniper fire. it is a far remembered for ethnic cleansing and mass graves. >> 20 years on and sarajevo is a different place. many bosnians endure - the government says the high proportion of people living here are suffering post

neave barker has more on the long-term psychological affects of war. >> reporter: the war in bosnia haunts the present. it still distorts lives. this man was a soldier in the bosnian army. he remembers sarajevo under siege. >> translation: this was the largest concentration camp in the world. we couldn't escape. there was danger everywhere. snipers were shooting at the buildings here. >> bosnia witnessed some of the worst horrors of the war. the conflict was left profound mental scars. >> translation: there has been several times i couldn't control myself memories got worse. i explode and it's not good for anyone, especially the family. >> he is one of many fighters suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. he's receiving psychiatric help. >> in the 20 years since the end of the for, more than 4,000 have taken their own lives. >> ordinary bosnians are deeply traumatised. this is what dally life in ari ayo looked like. civilians running the gaupt the of -- gauntlet of sniper fire remembered for ethnic cleansing and mass grease. -- mass graves. 20 years on a high proportion of people in sara

neave barker sent us this update. >> reporter: the streets where the raid took place on thursday eveningstill closed off to the public and still being guarded by belgium police. the authorities say this was one of a dozen similar raids and searches that took place across the country. when police arrived here to search a bakery just up the street to the right. fierce gun battle ensued. two suspects were shot dead a third was arrested. when police explored the interior of this premises. they say they uncovered bomb-making equipment, guns mobile phone, and large amounts of money. but most importantly police uniforms. it is believed that the police the authorities themselves were the intended target of a potential attack. >>> 12 suspects linked to last week's paris attacks are being held by french police. some are believed to have provided logistical support for the shootings. jacky rowland reports. >> reporter: the u.s. secretary of state said he came to give a big hug to the french people. it was also clearly a damage limitation exercise. washington recognized it made a mistake by only sen

al jazeera's neave barker is in belgium where authorities believe there was a plot to kill police. >> reporter: on the street where the raids took place, police stand guard. buildings bear the mark of a gunfight. two suspects were dead a third arrested. this police raid was one of a dozen across the country. authorities say they prevented an imminent attack on a grand scale. >> this operation was meant to dismantle a terrorist sell. not only a terrorist sell but the lajistic net -- logistic network behind it. the identification for the time being has shown that these people have been - had the intention to kill several policemen in the street. >> this was the second on thursday evening. gunfire and explosions ring out as federal police storm the building. the man that filmed the images lived on the street for several years. did you have suspicions that anything lick this could happen on your street? >> no no not especially. no suspicion. i would like to say that it's very very sad. we don't want to see war in belgium. vel veer has a large muslim population. peep are trying to make sen