An investigative report published by CNN shows the extent of the European terror network set up by Abdelhamid Abaaoud, thought to be the mastermind behind the November 13, 2015, Paris attacks that left 130 dead.
People pay their respects in front of a makeshift memorial at the entrance of the Jewish Museum in Brussels, on May 25, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/GEORGES GOBET)
According to the report, In January 2014, just before Abaaoud left his Brussels home for Syria, he spoke over the phone with Mehdi Nemmouche, at the time an Islamic State jailer in Syria who would months later kill four people in a shooting attack in Belgium.
The contents of the call are not known.
The report, citing documents obtained by the cable news outlet, details that German intelligence tipped off France about Nemmouche entering Frankfurt in March, but he still managed to steal into Belgium to carry out the attack.
An Israeli couple, a French woman and a Belgian man were killed in the May 24, 2014, shooting attack. Nemmouche was captured in France days later and is awaiting trial.
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