2023-10-25 12:05:32
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 2 hours ago, Updated 30 minutes ago
A photo taken in Brussels on October 18, 2023 shows a bouquet of flowers next to a sign reading “Courage to the Swedish people.” BENOIT DOPPAGNE / AFP
The attack in Brussels cost the lives of two Swedes, a man in his seventies and a man in his sixties, on October 16.
A person suspected of having a link with the weapon used by the perpetrator of the attack perpetrated on October 16 in Brussels was arrested on Wednesday October 25, announced the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office.
She will “interviewed by investigators during the day regarding her possible involvement with the weapon used» by Abdesalem Lassoued, said the prosecution.
Resignation
The attack in Brussels cost the lives of two Swedes – a man in his seventies and a man in his sixties – who came to support their national football team in Belgium. The assailant, a 45-year-old radicalized Tunisian staying illegally in Belgium, was shot dead on October 17 by Belgian police, and “an AR-15 type war weapon» had been found next to him, the federal prosecutor’s office then specified. The attack reignited the debate on the means of Belgian justice and the lack of monitoring of radicalized profiles.
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After three vain attempts since 2011 in Norway, Sweden and Italy, Abdesalem Lassoued had his request for asylum in Belgium rejected and was subject to an expulsion order since 2021 which was never executed. After the attack, the Belgian government criticized the lack of cooperation from certain countries of origin to take back their nationals rejected from asylum. A defense undermined by the revelation that Tunis had been demanding the extradition of its national for more than a year but that the request had been ignored by the Brussels prosecutor’s office. Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne resigned immediately.
In France, two Tunisians, domiciled in the Paris region, were indicted Monday evening by a French judge as part of the investigation into the Brussels attack, the investigations still having to clarify their links with the attacker.
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