Belgium Arrests 4 In ISIS Brussels Terror Attack

Mohamed Abrini has been identified as the "man in the hat" who escaped Brussels attacks last month. There were three accomplices who "suicide bombed" the airport as well as a subway, L'Echo reported. 

Belgium Saturday accused four suspects who were thought to be part of  the March terrorist bombings in Brussels, the Associated Press reported.  Those who were taken over by the cops included fugitives from 2015's Paris attacks and another Swedish national, who was also involved in it.

Belgium's Federal Prosecution Office charged the two prime suspects, Mohamed Abrini and Osama Krayem, who were part of a European Islamic State group terror cell slaying 130 in Paris in November and 32 in Brussels. They also accused Herve B. M. and Bilal E. M. They were all part of "terrorist murders". However, two other suspects who had been taken into charge were released by the courts.

Krayem too has been taken under suspicion of  having carried out the Paris attacks. He was said to be caught on security cameras in Brussels on the spot, where the airport bombers bought their bags.

Belgium's second-highest terror alert is still reigning. The authorities have been under severe criticism in the national media for not acting on earlier leads, almost forcing the interior and justice ministers to submit their resignations.

A week earlier, Belgian cops halted  an anti-racism protest, taking charge of at least two dozen protesters at Brussels' Bourse square.

The government has banned protests as part of a moratorium on group demonstrations. The cops and soldiers have been breaking up protests by Belgians all over the country and the political spectrum.