Brussels Attackers Planned To Bomb France
KABUL: (MEP) The terrorist bombers in the Brussels attacks had initially planned to launch a deadly attack in France, Belgian prosecutors said Sunday.
“Numerous elements in the investigation have shown that the terrorist group initially had the intention to strike in France again,” the Belgium’s prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
The revelation came as the prosecutor formally charged Mohamed Abrini with “terrorist murders” and participation in a terror group with regard to the March 22 attacks in the Belgian capital.
Abrini was initially sought, arrested and charged in relation to the November 2015 terror spree in Paris, which left 130 people dead.
He also reportedly admitted being the third bomber in the airport attack, fleeing without setting off his device.
He has also been charged with “participation to the activities of a terrorist group and terrorist murders,” according to the prosecutor’s office.
At least 32 were killed in the attacks on an airport and metro station in Brussels on 22 March.
Both attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group, based in Syria and Iraq.
Abrini, who was arrested in Brussels on Friday, reportedly told interrogators that the arrest of Abdeslam on 18 March had prompted the plotters to change track.
