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Belgian federal police said it ended a three-year-long investigation into the shooting at Brussels Jewish Museum and released its final report. One of the suspects of the terror attack, in which four people were killed on May 24, 2014, remains unidentified. The justice must now decide which court will try the alleged shooter Mehdi Nemmouche…
Mourad Laachraoui, brother of terrorist Najim Laachraoui, who blew himself up in Brussels airport on Tuesday, is a medal-winning sportsman who won the Israeli Open Taekwondo Championship in Ramle in September. Fourteen people were killed and dozens wounded when Najim, 25, and another terrorist blew themselves up at the airport earlier this week. Another twenty…
ANTWERP (JTA) – The hundreds of rifle-toting police and soldiers who patrol Isaac Michaeli’s neighborhood have done little to improve his sense of safety. “When the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing, the soldiers might as well be cardboard cutouts,” he said. A jeweler in his 40s, Michaeli lives with his…
Israel reportedly warned Belgian officials several weeks ago about inadequate security at Brussels’ Zaventem Airport. The warning came from Israeli officials charged with evaluating security standards at airports that operate flights to Tel Aviv, Israel’s Channel 2 reported Wednesday. The Israelis found “significant shortcomings” at the airport, which was the scene of two deadly bomb…
JERUSALEM — An Israeli government minister blamed Belgian officials for “eating chocolate” instead of paying attention to security against terror. “If in Belgium they continue eating chocolate and enjoying life, and continue to appear as great democrats and liberals, and do not decide that some Muslims in their country are organizing terror, they won’t be…
(Editor’s note: An earlier version reported that the third bomber, believed to be named Najim Laachraoui, was in custody. Authorities now say the third man, who they did not name, is still on the run.) BRUSSELS – Belgium’s chief prosecutor named two brothers on Wednesday as Islamic State suicide bombers who killed at least 31…
Belgian Jews have gotten used to fearing for their safety. Every morning when parents drop off their children at Jewish schools across the country, they are greeted by heavily armed soldiers, stationed to protect the students. And Jews know not to be too open about their faith, avoiding wearing kippahs or Stars of David on…
BRUSSELS – Islamic State claimed has responsibility for suicide bomb attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital that killed at least 34 people. Police issued a wanted notice for a young man in a hat who was caught on CCTV pushing a laden luggage trolley at Zaventem airport alongside…
