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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25, 2016
Contact: media@counterextremism.com
CEP Releases New
Resources on ISIS Attackers and Extremism in Belgium Following Brussels
Bombings
(New
York, NY) -- The
Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today released new resources on ISIS
terrorists as well as extremism and counter-extremism in Belgium
in the aftermath of the March 22 bombings that killed 31 people in
attacks at Zaventem airport and Maelbeek metro station.
The Brussels attackers included alleged bomb-maker Najim
Laachraoui, who purportedly also assembled the bombs used in the
November Paris attacks; Ibrahim el-Bakraoui; his brother Khalid
el-Bakraoui; and at least one other unidentified bomber.
Four bombs were planned to explode at Zaventem airport at about 8 a.m.
local time, but two failed to detonate. At least 11 people died in the
airport attack, including Laachraoui and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui. An hour
later, at least one other terrorist—Khalid el-Bakraoui—set off a suicide
bomb on the city’s metro system, killing at least 20 at the Maelbeek
station.
The attacks came four days Belgian authorities captured “Europe’s most
wanted man,” Salah
Abdeslam, the only surviving terrorist who participated directly in
the ISIS attacks in Paris
that killed 130 people. Abdeslam was captured near his family home in the
Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek.
CEP Brussels Director Roberta Bonazzi provided insights on extremism
and problems with radicalization and recruitment in Brussels in an
interview with CBSN
News following the attacks. The CEP Brussels office is a short
walk from the Maelbeek metro station.
Please click here
to read the report on Extremism and Counter-Extremism in Belgium
Please click here
to read the report on ISIS terrorist Najim Laachraoui.
Please click here to
read the report on ISIS terrorist Salah Abdeslam.
Please click here to
read the March 22 CEP statement following the attacks.
Learn more about extremist group leaders, propagandists, and terror
financiers by exploring CEP’s Global
Extremist Registry.
About The Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan,
international policy organization formed to combat the growing threat
from extremist ideology. Led by a renowned group of former world leaders
and former diplomats, CEP combats extremism by pressuring financial
support networks, countering the narrative of extremists and their online
recruitment, and advocating for strong laws, policies and regulations.
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