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Four Brussels suspects charged with terror offenses
[AA.TR] Mohammed Abrini, one of the suspects charged over last month’s Brussels attacks, has admitted his involvement, officials said Saturday.The Federal Prosecutor’s Office released a statement confirming that Abrini was the third man involved in the bombing of Zaventem Airport. He was pictured in CCTV footage walking alongside two bombers who later killed themselves in the attack and became known as "the man in the hat". Abrini confessed to being at the scene of crime, the statement said, adding that he threw his explosive vest in a bin and sold his hat after the blasts. He was among six men nabbed ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... on Friday over last month’s attacks. Four, including Abrini, have been charged with "participating in terrorist acts". They were identified by broadcaster VRT as Mohammed Abrini, Osama Krayem, Bilal El Mahkoukhi and Herve B.M. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office identified all the suspects apart from Abrini by their first name and the initials of their surname. Abrini had also been wanted in connection with the attacks in Gay Paree that killed 130 people in November. The airport attack and another at a metro station left 32 dead. Krayem has been identified as the second man involved in the Maalbeek metro station bombing, the prosecutor’s office said. He was filmed talking to jacket wallah Khalid El Bakraoui at Petillon metro station just before the blast and was also present when the bags that contained the airport bombs were purchased at a shop in Brussels. El Makhoukhi and Herve B.M., who were detained with Krayem, are suspected of having assisted Abrini and Krayem. Last year, El Mahkoukhi was convicted over his involvement in Sharia4Belgium,
The other two men that were arrested have been released. The suspects are believed by officials to be part of a ISIS-backed network that carried out both the Brussels and Gay Paree attacks. Also Saturday, armed police searched an apartment in Brussels’ Etterbeek district that police believe may have been used as a safe house.
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! on Saturday in the central district of Etterbeek. The arrest took place after a police raid on a building that involved more than 50 officers, snipers and the bomb squad, according to NBC news. The building had been evacuated and roads to the apartment complex were closed off Saturday. Belgium’s prosecutor’s office said Saturday that a sixth person had been arrested, but refused to give any further details ahead of an announcement due out later in the day. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-10 |
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