The investigation by the anti-terrorist section of the Belgian federal prosecutor has been assigned to three investigating judges specialized in terrorism, said the federal prosecutor Frédéric Van Leeuw. The latter made a presentation to 13 hours on Wednesday.
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the Belgian police, supported by the French services, was able to establish the identity of several members of both jihadist commandos who intervened in Zaventem and in the neighborhood of the European Parliament. The brothers El Bakraoui, sought since last Tuesday, are among the suicide bombers. A fingerprint of Ibrahim was found at the airport. A DNA trace has revealed that Khalid, also spotted on video, was the author of the suicide bombing of the subway. At this stage of the investigation, the number of terrorists who committed this attack is not known with certainty. Investigators have not finished viewing all the images recorded by the surveillance cameras of the STIB, which operates the subway. The brothers El Bakraoui two ancient figures of the crime, had hosted Salah Abdeslam during its run.
On Wednesday, late in the day, a report in the Flemish newspaper De Standaard and the World has confirmed that Najim Laachraoui aka Soufiane Kayal, was really the second kamikaze Zaventem airport. Identification via DNA analysis performed. Najim Laachraoui is suspected of being behind that would have prepared the explosive belts used in the Paris attacks of November 13 or the coordinator of the attacks. His DNA was found in one of the hideouts of the Brussels commando. A third man remains on the run.
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The prosecutor confirmed that the terrorists arrived at the airport by taxi shortly before 8 am and the cooperation of the driver had been crucial to the investigation. Their bombs were concealed in their luggage, they were transported on carts. The fact that they are (two of them) a black glove intrigue investigators. firing devices of the explosive charges may be concealed in these gloves. Two bombs filled with nails and bolts to cause maximum damage, was called. The height of a Starbucks Coffee, the other near the American Airlines booth. A third did not explode at the time, but later when demining teams intervened to neutralize it. The prosecutor said that it is not deminers that triggered the explosion, but the unstable mixture of the explosive device was originally detonation.
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the will of Ibrahim El Bakraoui
an apartment located in Schaerbeek, around the square Princess Elizabeth , was raided on Tuesday. This property, which the Belgian police calls “stash”, was identified thanks to the taxi driver who brought the three suspects to the airport. Large amounts of explosives (15 kg) were found there, and chemicals (150 liters of acetone and 30 liters of hydrogen peroxide used in the manufacture of bombs) and a flag of the Islamic State. The mayor Bernard Clerfayt said that the building in question had been hired recently. Three other homes were also searched by authorities, said the Belgian prosecutor. An individual in connection with this “cache” was also arrested. He is currently being questioned by police.
near this address, at number 4 of the Max-Roos street in Schaerbeek, the investigators found in a trash can a computer from which they extracted the will of Ibrahim El Bakraoui. This testament addressed to his mother and one of his cousins: Yassine A
What is known about the victims
Thirty-one people were killed. and 270 injured, according to the latest official figures. The Belgian Foreign Minister, Didier Reynders, said that the victims, whose identity gradually filter into the press, would be “more than 40 different nationalities.” Among them are ten French, four of whom are in serious condition. Prime Minister Manuel Valls has expressed its deep concern for one of them.
It was learned Wednesday morning the death of a Peruvian national, “Adelma Marina Tapia Ruiz, victim of the attack occurred at the Brussels International airport “, said the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs. 36 years old, the young woman was formally identified by relatives. She lived in Brussels for six years and was in one of the rooms of Zaventem airport with her husband and two daughters, one was injured. Diplomatic sources indicate that a Moroccan was also killed in the attack Metro Maelbeek. Four other Moroccans were hospitalized after the blast that struck Brussels airport. Two of them were seriously injured, according to MAP news agency. An Italian Figure probably among the victims, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Italian. Finally, a Belgian student was identified among the victims in the subway.
A link to the attacks in Paris?
The attacks Brussels and Paris are linked. The identity of the two suicide bombers as evidenced were related Abdeslam. Manuel Valls said Wednesday morning on Europe 1: “More than thirty people were identified as linked to the attacks of Paris. Eleven died, twelve are in jail, others are sought. Some they were among the attackers Brussels? We shall see. Let the police teams and justice to shed light on what happened. “He added:” These attacks are organized from Syria with a base in Belgium but also in France. We know Daech mobilizes a number of groups and organizes commandos to strike in Europe. There are not that France is concerned “.
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Other avenues are also being explored. According to the Belgian newspaper Le Soir German police arrested Tuesday night, three Kosovars aged 36 to 46 years, including two brothers, one of which is the subject of a warrant arrest issued against him in Kosovo. The arrest was made on the highway Munich-Salzburg Rosenheim by police. These three men could be linked to a terrorist network, according to a spokesman for the Bavarian parquet quoted by ARD public television. They were arrested on board a Mercedes gray tint, with Belgian number plates. An investigation was opened for “suspicion of preparing a serious crime against the State,” said the spokesman of the parquet, as an anonymous tip sent to the Bavarian police reported a planned attack. Plans were found in the vehicle. They seem to come from a construction site on which these individuals worked. But there is no evidence, at this stage, to establish a link between them and the Brussels attacks.
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