James G Neuger
Belgium
charged suspects in the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels,
continuing to chip away at a jihadist network operating out of safe
houses in Brussels.
Prosecutors on Saturday charged Mohamed Abrini in connection with the
Nov. 13 attacks in Paris and a man identified as Osama K. as an
accomplice in last month’s Brussels subway bombing. Both were arrested
in Brussels on Friday.
Police raided a suspected terrorist hideout near a former
military barracks in Brussels on Saturday but “no weapons or explosives
were found,” the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said in an e-mailed
statement.
The investigation into the March 22 blasts at Brussels
airport and a downtown subway, which killed 32 people, kicked into a
higher gear after police on Thursday released security videos that
traced the path taken by the third airport bomber on foot toward
downtown Brussels.
Investigators said Saturday that they have yet to establish
whether Abrini is the third bomber, known as the “man in the hat” on the
surveillance footage.
Two others arrested on Friday were charged with offering
assistance to Abrini and Osama K. They were identified as Hervé B.M., a
25-year-old citizen of Rwanda, and Bilal E.M, 27, whose nationality
wasn’t given.
Two other people detained Friday along with Abrini were released.
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