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Brussels Bomber Brothers Were On U.S. Watch Lists Before Attack – Sources

Two brothers who carried out suicide bombings in Brussels this week were known to U.S. government agencies before the attacks, according to two sources familiar … Continue reading Brussels Bomber Brothers Were On U.S. Watch Lists Before Attack – Sources


Brussels, belgum attackersTwo brothers who carried out suicide bombings in Brussels this week were known to U.S. government agencies before the attacks, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The sources said that Khalid El Bakraoui and Brahim El Bakraoui were both on U.S. government’s counter-terrorism watch lists before the March 18 arrest of Salah Abdeslam, a French national whom prosecutors accuse of a key role in the November 13 Paris attacks.

Belgian prosecutors have identified Brahim El Bakraoui, as one of two suicide bombers who attacked Brussels’ Zaventem Airport while they say Khalid El Bakraoui was the man who carried out a suicide bombing at Brussels’ Maelbeek Metro station, near European Union headquarters.