'Less than a week before the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of possible bombings in European cities, including Brussels.
"There is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara [on March 13] could not explode in Brussels, or in any other European city," Erdogan declared during a ceremony on March 18.
On Tuesday, March 22, the city of Brussels – capital of Belgium and administrative center for both NATO and the EU – was hit by a series of explosions, including two blasts in Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium that left 13 people dead and over 35 injured. An additional 15 people were killed in Tuesday's explosion at the Maalbeek metro station in central Brussels.'
'Belgium Ignored Turkish Warning About Brussels Attacker, Erdogan Says
One of the Brussels suicide bombers had been deported last year from Turkey, Belgium subsequently ignored a warning that the man was a militant, Turkish president says.'
A man who authorities claim is the shooter in this new 'Brussels terror incident' has been shot dead, an age 45 man from Tunisia
He was KNOWN TO POLICE as so often the case
'He was known to police and had been suspected ... of being a risk to state security ...
'Information provided to the Belgian authorities by an unidentified foreign government suggested that the man had been radicalized and intended to travel abroad to fight in a holy war. But Belgian authorities were not able to establish this, so he was never listed as dangerous. The man was also suspected of threatening a person in an asylum center ...
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'Less than a week before the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of possible bombings in European cities, including Brussels.
"There is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara [on March 13] could not explode in Brussels, or in any other European city," Erdogan declared during a ceremony on March 18.
On Tuesday, March 22, the city of Brussels – capital of Belgium and administrative center for both NATO and the EU – was hit by a series of explosions, including two blasts in Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium that left 13 people dead and over 35 injured. An additional 15 people were killed in Tuesday's explosion at the Maalbeek metro station in central Brussels.'
https://sputnikglobe.com/20160322/erdogan-brussels-attack-warning-1036735569.html
'Belgium Ignored Turkish Warning About Brussels Attacker, Erdogan Says
One of the Brussels suicide bombers had been deported last year from Turkey, Belgium subsequently ignored a warning that the man was a militant, Turkish president says.'
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2016-03-23/ty-article/erdogan-turkey-warned-belgium-about-bomber/0000017f-debf-df62-a9ff-deff72b10000
A man who authorities claim is the shooter in this new 'Brussels terror incident' has been shot dead, an age 45 man from Tunisia
He was KNOWN TO POLICE as so often the case
'He was known to police and had been suspected ... of being a risk to state security ...
'Information provided to the Belgian authorities by an unidentified foreign government suggested that the man had been radicalized and intended to travel abroad to fight in a holy war. But Belgian authorities were not able to establish this, so he was never listed as dangerous. The man was also suspected of threatening a person in an asylum center ...
https://apnews.com/article/belgium-sweden-brussels-shooting-soccer-match-a81ef9502207095ebf0afdc5cac5676a
Brussels alleged shooter Abdesalem Lassoued
on left in affectionate family-type photo
https://nbatitlechase.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PHOTO-Of-Brussels-Shooter-Abdesalem-Lassoued.jpg
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24426778/abdesalem-l-isis-gunman-belgium-brussels-terrorist/
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