It is also reported that the Bakraoui brothers also had criminal records for violent crime. Brahim was sentenced in 2010 for firing a Kalashnikov at police officers in the course of an armed robbery. He was released before serving his full sentence.
According to Belgian newspaper DH, Belgian police said that those suicide attackers in Brussels airport were brothers, Khalid and Brahim El Bakroui. Who were residents of the Brussels and connected to Salah Abdeslam, the key Paris attack suspect.
The newspaper also said that the airport CCTV footages showed the two brothers and one more suspect, believed to be Najim Laachraoui, 25 thought to be the one who planted the explosive charges. Najim Laachraoui was arrested in Anderlecht district on Wednesday, Belgian newspaper DH said on its website.
Police sources told to local media that Khalid El Bakroui rented the apartment in the Forest borough of Brussels under a false name. Police found weapons and an ISIS flag, as well as fingerprints belonging to key suspect Salah Abdeslam, who was detained three days later.
It is also reported that the Bakraoui brothers also had criminal records for violent crime. Brahim was sentenced in 2010 for firing a Kalashnikov at police officers in the course of an armed robbery. He was released before serving his full sentence.
Najim Laachraoui
However, armed raids have been taking place across the capital in the wake of the airport and Metro attacks that claimed more than 35 lives and injured 250 people.
These ongoing continuous security threats in the heart of Europe will have a long lasting impact in an artificial and vulnerable system like European Union. Most of all Europe will be more expensive to live after increasing security spendings; already Greece, Spain, Italy and some other countries are facing dire economic hardships due to EU’s economic and financial system. There are reports of many far right political party activities around several cities to control or discourage influx of refugees. The racial, cultural and religious tensions between the different social groups will rise. And those tensions already has been unleashing clashes and chaos.
