Bungling Belgian police knew of Paris bomber Abdeslam's secret hideout for THREE MONTHS but did nothing... while he planned machine gun massacre at 'EASTER'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3509082/Bungling-Belgian-police-knew-Paris-bomber-Abdeslam-s-secret-hideout-THREE-MONTHS-did-planned-machine-gun-massacre-EASTER.html
- Police blunder allowed Salah Abdeslam to remain at large for three months
- Officer provided information about Abdeslam's whereabouts in December
- It wasn't passed to the federal bureau and remained at Malines Police HQ
- It has been revealed Abdeslam was planning an Easter attack in Brussels
- He was questioned for just one hour in four days before the massacre
- See more on the Brussels attacks at www.dailymail.co.uk/BrusselsAttacks
Bombings logistic chief: Salah Abdeslam, who was apprehended last week
A catastrophic police blunder allowed Paris bomber Salah Abdeslam to remain at large for more than three months, Belgian police have admitted.
A
dedicated beat officer gave information about the whereabouts of
Abdeslam to superiors on December 7 and urged them to pass it on to the
country’s anti-terrorist police.
But
the confidential report – which cited the address 79 rue des Quatre
Vents, Molenbeek, where Abdeslam was finally apprehended – was
inexplicably not passed onto the federal bureau.
His RIR ‘Informative Report’ remained on the shelves at the Malines Police headquarters instead.
This
was while Abdeslam was Europe’s most wanted man as the most
high-profile fugitive of the Paris terror attacks that killed 130.
The
news comes as it's revealed the sole reason he gave up his suicide
mission at the Stade de France is that he did not have a ticket.
It
is also claimed he was also planning a multiple shooting and suicide
bomb attack in Brussels over Easter similar to those in Paris in
November.
Belgian
authorities have now launched an investigation into why the beat
officer's report, which could have allowed the Brussels terror cell the
time needed to prepare their murderous assault on the city’s airport and
metro system, was not passed on.
‘What exactly happened to his information?’ the Belgian professional standards authority has demanded.
‘When we have worked out what happened, we need to find out who is responsible.’
The
Malines district beat officer, who is from an immigrant background,
discovered that a local man had close contacts with Salah Abdeslam.
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In his
report, the officer wrote this young man, named as Abid, drove a black
Citroen and lived at 79 rue des Quatre Vents, Molenbeek.
This
vital information should have been passed on to Belgian DR3
anti-terrorist police, a federal institution in this deeply divided
country.
The beat officer went off work due to ill health, further confusing the situation.
What exactly happened to his information? When we have worked out what happened, we need to find out who is responsible.
Belgian professional standards authority
Subsequently this vital lead was not passed on and the report did not leave the Malines police headquarters.
The
information proved later to be correct. Abdeslam was finally captured
alive at the address in Molenbeek along with Abid last Friday, more than
three months after the beat officer submitted his report.
However the original report remained gathering dust at the Malines police headquarters.
Today it emerged that Abdeslam, 26, gave up his suicide mission at a packed football stadium because he did not have a ticket.
He made his confession to Belgium police after being arrested in Brussels a week ago.
Details were leaked to the French TV channel BFM, who today quoted the Islamic State operative directly.
Captured: A dedicated beat officer
gave information about the whereabouts of Salah Abdeslam to superiors on
December 7 last year. He cited the address 79 rue des Quatre Vents,
Molenbeek, where Abdeslam was finally apprehended (pictured)
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