(CNN) Paul Cruickshank - A terror cell on the brink of carrying out an attack was the target of a raid Thursday that left two suspects dead, Belgian authorities said. A third suspect was injured in the operation in Verviers, prosecutor's spokesman Thierry Werts said. The cell is believed to have received instructions from ISIS. Additional anti-terrorism operations are underway in other cities, a senior Belgian counterterrorism official said. He added that ISIS may have started directing European extremists in Syria and Iraq to launch terrorist attacks back in their home countries. A Western intelligence source said the ongoing terror threat appears to involve up to 20 sleeper cells of between 120 to 180 people ready to strike in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. EU and Middle East intelligence agencies identified an "imminent threat" to Belgium.
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