Investigators have identified a new suspect they believe played a role in the Brussels bombings this week, Belgian newspaper De Morgen said on Friday, naming him as 28-year-old Syrian Naim al Hamed.
De Morgen said Hamed was on a list circulated to the security services of other European countries after Tuesday’s attacks along with the primary suspects -- Mohamed Abrini, Najim Laachraoui and Khalid el Bakraoui.
Naim al Hamed was also suspected of involvement in the November 13 Paris attacks, in which 130 people were killed.
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Another newspaper, De Standaard, reported on Friday that police have arrested a man who was seen on security footage next to Khalid el Bakraoui, the suicide attacker who detonated a bomb in the Brussels metro. The federal prosecutor’s office did not confirm the arrest.
De Standaard newspaper said the man, whom it did not name, was arrested after a policeman recognised him from the security footage.
Khalid el Bakraoui, 27, who blew himself up on a crowded rush hour train, is the brother of Ibrahim el Bakraoui, who detonated a bomb at the Brussels airport. The joint attacks at the Brussels metro station and Zaventem Airport killed at least 30 people and wounded over 250.
{{/usCountry}}Khalid el Bakraoui, 27, who blew himself up on a crowded rush hour train, is the brother of Ibrahim el Bakraoui, who detonated a bomb at the Brussels airport. The joint attacks at the Brussels metro station and Zaventem Airport killed at least 30 people and wounded over 250.
{{/usCountry}}Public broadcaster RTBF meanwhile reported police detained a seventh person in the district of Forest following six arrests late on Thursday.
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