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- Paris: <\/strong>Reda Kriket, 34, arrested in Paris’ north-western Argenteuil suburb, alleged to be in the “advanced stage” of plotting an attack. 2015 Brussels court conviction for IS recruitment, along with Paris attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Germany<\/strong>: Two suspected jihadists detained in Dusseldorf and Giessen areas on Wednesday and Thursday – both with suspected links to one of the Brussels bombers, Der Spiegel reports, and one with suspicious text messages on his mobile phone referencing Brussels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/span><\/figure>\nMore details of those killed in the Brussels attacks have been released. Nationals of 40 countries were caught up in the attacks.<\/p>\n
Among the deaths confirmed so far:<\/p>\n
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- Three Dutch citizens<\/li>\n
- Two Americans<\/li>\n
- One Briton, David Dixon<\/li>\n
- One Chinese national<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Brussels bombings continue to have political repercussions, with questions surrounding the issue of whether more could have been done to prevent them.<\/p>\n
Turkey has said it arrested and deported one of the bombers, Brahim el-Bakraoui last June, warning Belgium he was a “foreign fighter” – but the message was “ignored”. The Dutch authorities had also been alerted, Ankara said.<\/p>\n
Bakraoui is one of three men who carried out the bombings at Brussels airport, killing 11 people.<\/p>\n
The Belgian interior and justice ministers said they had offered their resignations but the prime minister refused to accept them.<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/figure>\nThe other two airport attackers have not yet been identified. Bakraoui’s brother, Khalid, struck at Maelbeek metro station, where 20 people died.<\/p>\n
There are reports of a second suspect being sought for that attack. One source told AFP news agency that a man with a large bag had been seen beside Khalid el-Bakraoui on surveillance footage at the metro station.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Flemish-language public broadcaster VRT reported that investigators were working on the assumption that the cell had been planning a far bigger attack, involving Paris-style shootings as well as suicide bombings.<\/p>\n
Links have also emerged with Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris attacks.<\/p>\n
Abdeslam was arrested and wounded in a police raid on a flat in Brussels last Friday – four days before the attacks in the Belgian capital.<\/p>\n
Investigators say Khalid el-Bakraoui used a false name to rent the same flat.<\/p>\n
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–<\/p>\nSource: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Germany<\/strong>: Two suspected jihadists detained in Dusseldorf and Giessen areas on Wednesday and Thursday – both with suspected links to one of the Brussels bombers, Der Spiegel reports, and one with suspicious text messages on his mobile phone referencing Brussels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n