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| Paris attack suspect Abrini admits accompanying Brussels airport bombers - Belgian prosecutor | |
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| The participation of Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini in the suicide bombings in Brussels has been confirmed, as he admitted to being the “man in the hat” at the airport of the Belgian capital, the country’s federal prosecutor said. | The participation of Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini in the suicide bombings in Brussels has been confirmed, as he admitted to being the “man in the hat” at the airport of the Belgian capital, the country’s federal prosecutor said. |
| "We confronted him with the video evidence prepared by our special unit,” a spokesman for the prosecutors’ office said on Saturday, Reuters reports. “He had to admit it was him.” | |
| Earlier in the day, Belgium’s public prosecutor charged four people, including Abrin, with being part of a terrorist organization. The move follows the Friday arrest of six suspects linked to the deadly Brussels and Paris attacks. | |
| Mohamed Abrini, the last identified suspect at large from the Paris attacks, was charged on Saturday along with Osama K, who was present at the Brussels metro station at the time of the suicide bombing on March 22. | |
| Herve B.M., a Rwandan citizen, and Bilal E.M. were also charged with “participation in the activities of a terrorist group and terrorist murder,” Reuters reported. | |
| Two other people detained with Abrini on Friday were questioned and released, the prosecutor said. |