Fourth suspect charged in Belgium over Paris attacks
Businesses in Brussels were starting to feel the pain, and while few question the government’s need to protect the public from a potential attack, some shop owners said the shutdown was too extreme.
Telephone data places Belgian-born Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in the attacks who is believed to still be on the run, in the same area on the night of the attacks, according to a source close to the inquiry. The other 15 people detained Sunday evening were released.
The rest of Belgium remains on alert level three, meaning an attack is seen as possible and credible.
A warplane landing on French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle as part of an operation to strike Islamic State targets in Syria.
Soldiers patrolled the streets of Brussels, the bustling European Union capital, which has been in lockdown since Saturday. “It means that we decided that schools would reopen on Wednesday while complementary security measures will be put in place around the schools; and the metro will also reopen on Wednesday”, he said.
France and Belgium have launched a manhunt for the Brussels barkeeper, 26, who returned to the city hours after the attacks. While Britain has been carrying out airstrikes in Iraq, Mr. Cameron has long sought an expanded mandate to include targets in Syria.
Mohammed Amri, 27, and Hamza Attou, 20, have already been charged with aiding Salah Abdeslam.
In Washington, the White House urged allies to do more in the campaign against the Islamic State group, while President Obama faced pressure in return to show the U.S.-led coalition will intensify efforts in response to the Paris attacks, even without a major shift in strategy.
Jawad Bendaoud, the only person in France known to be facing potential terrorism charges directly linked to the attacks, was handed over to an anti-terrorism judge in Paris on Tuesday morning.
The army and police will continue to be deployed in force and the country will reduce the number of events with large crowds, for fear of a repeat of the Paris gun and suicide bomb attacks on November 13, Michel said.
French police meanwhile released a photo of the third of three men who blew themselves up outside France’s national stadium. Public Order Minister Nikos Toskas said the man travelled to the island of Leros on October 3, but he gave no further details.
Citing “increased terrorist threats” from militant groups in various regions of the world, the U.S. State Department issued a global alert on Monday for Americans planning to travel following deadly militant attacks in France and Mali.