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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Najim Laachraoui

A Jewish boy standing with flowers in front of an Israeli flag and flowers laid outside the Jewish Museum in Brussels, where a deadly shooting took place two days before, May 26, 2014. (AFP/Belga/Anthony Dehez)
January 10, 2019, 12:05 pm
Brussels Jewish museum terror attack trial opens
Frenchman Mehdi Nemmouche accused of being the first Syrian jihad veteran to carry out an attack in Europe, faces life sentence if convicted of 2014 shooting
By Matthieu Demeestere
People leave flowers at a makeshift memorial following a commemorative march at La Bourse in Brussels on March 22, 2017, as Belgium marks the first anniversary of the twin Brussels attacks by Islamic extremists. (AFP Photo/Belga/Thierry Roge)
March 22, 2017, 8:39 pm
Belgium falls silent one year after Brussels attacks
Senior politicians, along with Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders, hold events across city in memorial of deadly bombing
By Lachlan CARMICHAEL and Philippe Siuberski
People holding a banner reading in French and Flamish "I AM BRUSSELS" as they gather around floral tributes, candles, Belgian and peace flags and notes in front of the Bourse of Brussels, in tribute to the victims of Brussels, March 22, 2016. (AFP Photo/Belga/Aurore Belot/Belgium OUT)
March 19, 2017, 8:28 am
Brussels to commemorate terror attacks with sound, not silence
Belgian capital will observe a ‘minute of noise’ on the city’s metro, where 16 people were killed last year in one of three bombings
By Philippe Siuberski
Belgian lawmakers during a visit of the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission of the Federal Parliament at the Brussels Airport of Zaventem on April 22, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Belga / VIRGINIE LEFOUR)
April 22, 2016, 10:09 pm
Belgian lawmakers probe failure to avert Brussels attacks
Parliamentary inquiry seeks to ‘shed light on responsibilities, but also make recommendations and improve our security architecture’
By Philippe Siuberski
File: (Left to right) Khalid El Bakraoui, Ibrahim El Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui, who carried out the deadly suicide bombings in Brussels on March 22, 2016, in a photo distributed by Belgian authorities. (Belgian Federal Police)
April 22, 2016, 2:26 pm
Brussels bomber identified as Islamic State jailer
Najim Laachraoui worked as cleaner in European Parliament, and at the Belgium airport he’s suspected of helping blow up
By AFP
File: (Left to right) Khalid El Bakraoui, Ibrahim El Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui, who carried out the deadly suicide bombings in Brussels on March 22, 2016, in a photo distributed by Belgian authorities. (Belgian Federal Police)
April 10, 2016, 8:20 pm
Brussels terrorists ‘originally planned fresh attack in France’
Islamic State jihadists relocated to Belgian capital as police closed in on cell, French prosecutor says
By Bryan McManus
The third suspect in the Brussels airport bombings on March 22, 2016 can be seen leaving the scene in a video circulated by Belgian police in effort to track down the man. (Screenshot/YouTube)
April 9, 2016, 8:55 pm
Belgium charges ‘man in hat’ from airport bombing with murder
Mohamed Abrini confirmed as third attacker in Brussels blast, also linked to Paris terror assaults last November
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A picture taken off CCTV showing suspects in the Brussels airport attack on March 22, 2016. (Screenshot from YouTube)
April 6, 2016, 9:25 pm
Brussels bomber ‘had cleaning job’ at European Parliament
One of two Islamic State suicide bombers briefly worked at the EU body headquarters in 2009 and 2010, report says
By AFP
Salah Abdeslam (left), suspected of involvement in the November 13, 2015 terror attacks in Paris with his friend Hamza Attou seen entering a convenience store at 9:45 a.m. on 14 November near the France-Belgium border. (Screen capture: BFM TV)
April 2, 2016, 8:47 am
Paris attacks suspect ‘voluntarily refused’ to blow himself up
Salah Abdeslam says he ‘luckily’ couldn’t follow through with planned suicide bombing along with other IS jihadists in French capital, denies Brussels link
By AFP and ToI Staff
File: (Left to right) Khalid El Bakraoui, Ibrahim El Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui, who carried out the deadly suicide bombings in Brussels on March 22, 2016, in a photo distributed by Belgian authorities. (Belgian Federal Police)
March 30, 2016, 5:22 pm
Laptop found near terror suspects’ hideout held images of Belgian PM’s home
Officials request US authorities’ help to examine electronic devices seized in raids conducted after last week’s Brussels attacks
By Agencies
Police officers stand guard in the Meiser neighborhood of Schaarbeek on March 25, 2016, during an anti-terrorist operation searching for suspects of the terrorist attacks in Brussels on March 22, 2016. (AFP/Belga/Laurie Dieffembacq)
March 28, 2016, 7:16 pm
Belgium releases sole suspect charged over Brussels attacks
Prosecutors lack evidence linking bombings to Faycal Cheffou, suspected of fleeing airport after failed detonation attempt
By AFP
Far-right football hooligans chant slogans as they hold a banner of the 'FCK-Casuals' hooligan movement, as they arrive in the square outside the stock exchange in Brussels on March 27, 2016 an area which has become an unofficial shrine to victims of the March 22 terror attacks. (AFP/Belga/NICOLAS MAETERLINCK)
March 28, 2016, 12:35 am
Brussels cops arrest far-right protesters at attacks memorial
Water cannons used to disperse black-clad mob shouting anti-immigrant slogans who moved in on impromptu shrine at Place de la Bourse
By David Courbet and Joshua MELVIN
A police officer takes part in an operation in Brussels, late on March 24, 2016. (AFP/Belga/Nicolas Maeterlinck)
March 26, 2016, 6:36 am
Brussels attacks: What we know so far
Suicide bombings claimed by IS at airport and metro station left 31 people dead and 300 wounded
By AFP
A picture taken off CCTV showing suspects in the Brussels airport attack on March 22, 2016. (Screenshot from YouTube)
March 25, 2016, 10:36 pm
Belgian police ‘failed to press Paris suspect on Brussels bombers’
Le Monde says police accepted Salah Abdeslam’s claim he didn’t know attackers; his fingerprints were found at home rented by Khalid El Barkaoui
By ToI Staff and AFP
Mourad Laachraoui, considered one of Belgium's big Taekwondo talents, and brother of Najim Laachraoui, is seen during a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2016. (AP/Peter Dejong)
March 25, 2016, 12:47 am
Belgian Taekwondo champ condemns suicide bomber brother
‘I didn’t want to believe it was him, but you can’t choose your family,’ Mourad Laachraoui tells press conference
By AFP
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