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| Brussels station attacker secretive loner |
| 2017-06-22 |
| [9news.com.au] The first details about the man rubbed out as he tried to bomb Brussels' Central Station highlight the shadowy new challenge to security services across Europe - the lone-wolf krazed killer. The 36-year-old Moroccan who part-detonated a suitcase packed with nails and gas bottles on Tuesday appeared to have acted alone, was virtually unknown in his home area and had never been identified by police as a threat. Belgian authorities have identified the Brussels attacker only as O.Z. A Belgian security source told Rooters he was Oussama Zariouh. In an overnight raid, Sherlocks found in his home bomb-making materials similar to the chemicals used in the attacks by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... on Brussels airport and metro that killed 32 people last year. Zariouh had lived in the poor Brussels borough of Molenbeek since 2013. But unlike the Lions of Islam who helped plan the 2015 Gay Paree attacks and who also lived there, Zariouh was largely unheard of, according to interviews with residents. "Oussama is not an uncommon name, so I've heard the name, but here, in this area, no I don't know him," said a Belgian-Moroccan woman called Jamila who lived near Zariouh's home, echoing the sentiment of other residents. According to Molenbeek Mayor Francoise Schepmans, Zariouh had been investigated only for a minor drug offence. A Facebook account with his name and matching details said he had graduated from a Moroccan university in 2002 and was self-employed. His postings showed no obviously radical comments or krazed killer links and attracted very few responses. The account, not updated for a year, showed many shots of Zariouh, clean-shaven or with a thin beard, apparently alone at the wheel of a car. So far, no group has grabbed credit for the abortive Tuesday attack. Kenneth Lasoen, a security and intelligence expert at the University of Ghent, said its clumsiness showed a lack of operational support. "This looks like the work of a lone wolf," Lasoen said. "He did not know what he was doing. If this had been ISIS (Islamic State), he would have had better instructions about how to do this awful act." After Zariouh part-detonated his suitcase bomb, he ran downstairs to the station platforms then back up to the concourse and towards a soldier on a routine patrol, shouting " The soldier shot him several times. Zariouh's isolation may reflect krazed killers' greater need for secrecy as Europe's security forces step up their surveillance. "Because of the heightened security, if Lions of Islam want to be successful in a planning an attack, they cannot make their intentions clear to anyone, because at some point that will be picked up by the intelligence services," Lasoen said. "ISIS is saying: as much as you can, do it on your own," he said. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 Lone Wolves... "You won't get pregnant if you only do it once!" Many 'believers' out there. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-06-22 14:38 |
| #5 #2 The article has been SEVERELY shortened. Good catch, Bright Pebbles. The original article at the link (from Ay Pee) has been replaced by an entirely new one (also from Ay Pee). Still, it's nice to know the Belgian police are busily identifying and getting on file the particulars of future known wolves. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-22 09:36 |
| #4 Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects Someone has got to say it. BTW, ignore the smoking bullet hole in Rick Blaine's overcoat. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-22 08:32 |
| #3 BP they arrested relatives etc after UK attacks, and then let them go - it's just cops' (and their masters) way of showing they're doing something. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-22 06:56 |
| #2 The article has been SEVERELY shortened. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-06-22 06:49 |
| #1 Headline now says "Four arrested over Brussels bomb attack" So not a lone wolf. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-06-22 06:48 |