Brussels airport bomber worked there for five years: report

Brussels airport bomber worked there for five years: report

One of the jihadists who blew themselves up at Brussels airport endure ages had in actuality formed at the website for 5 years until 2012, Belgium's VTM television appear Wednesday.

It had already emerged beforehand that Najim Laachraoui aswell briefly formed as a cleaner at the European Parliament several years ago.

He was one of two suicide bombers at Brussels airport on March 22 in accommodating attacks that aswell addled a busline base in the city, killing 32 humans overall.

For 5 years until 2012, Laachraoui "worked... at Brussels airport," Flemish-language VTM reported, abacus that he had been recruited by a acting agency.

It did not accommodate data about the affectionate of plan Laachraoui was to accept agitated out there, but said that airport agents are usually accountable to a aegis analysis afore getting accustomed admission badges.

There has been no official acceptance of the report.

Traces of Laachraoui's DNA accept been begin at a Brussels accommodation area the suicide belts for the Brussels attacks were made.

The 24-year-old ancient electrical engineering apprentice is aswell doubtable of getting the bomb-maker for endure November's Paris attacks that larboard 130 humans dead.

Both attacks accept been claimed by the Islamic State group.

On April 6, the European Parliament said one of the bombers had captivated a summer charwoman job at its Brussels address in 2009 and 2010. Speaking to AFP, a antecedent abutting to the analysis called that being as Laachraoui.

Belgian prosecutors accept Laachraoui went to Syria in February 2013 area he abutting IS. He resurfaced endure September, two months afore the Paris carnage, if he was chock-full by badge on the Austria-Hungary border.

He was application the apocryphal character of Soufiane Kayal and was travelling with Salah Abdeslam, the sole actual Paris attacks suspect.

The Brussels bombings were agitated out just four canicule afterwards Abdeslam was arrested in the Belgian basic afterwards a massive manhunt.

Also on Wednesday, VTM appear that a hidden adoration allowance had been apparent at Brussels airport anon afore the attacks, "where radicalised agents would accommodated to adjure in secret."

The airport shut the adoration allowance down at the appeal of police, VTM reported, abacus that board accept back fatigued up a account of "at atomic 50 radicalised airport employees."

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