Who is Abdesalem L., the Brussels bombing suspect who claimed to be a “fighter for Allah”?

Abdesalem L., the suspect in the attack that killed two people in Brussels, Belgium, this Monday, admitted in a video published on the social network Facebook that he was a “fighter of Allah.” The man confirms that he is the perpetrator of the crimes and emphasizes that he took revenge “in the name of Muslims,” emphasizing that he is part of the terrorist group Daesh, the report says. International.

“We love those who love us and we hate those who hate us. We live for our religion and die for our religion,” the suspect says.

Abdesalem was 45 years old and of Tunisian nationality. He died on Tuesday after being subdued by Belgian police in a cafe in Schaerbeek.

“The weapon used to carry out the attacks was found this morning at the scene where the man was detained,” Verlinden told broadcaster VRT, as quoted by Reuters.

The man was filmed chasing several people in the Belgian capital shortly before 7pm on Monday. He wore a fluorescent orange raincoat and a white helmet as he chased two men who were eventually shot and killed. According to the Belgian press, Abdesalem L. also shot at a taxi.

Several witnesses claim to have heard the suspect scream:Allah Akbar” (God is great, in Portuguese).

The alleged Islamist landed on the island of Lampedusa in a small boat in 2011, official sources quoted by Italian news agency ANSA said on Tuesday.

Tunisian Abdesalem Lassoued went to Sweden after a spell in Italy, was subsequently expelled from Swedish soil and returned to Italian soil in 2016 when security police DIGOS labeled him as “radicalised”, the sources added. .

Lassouede expressed a desire to join the “jihad” struggle, and he was also being followed by the Italian intelligence services. Later he left for Belgium.

The suspect’s Facebook account, which has now been deactivated, contained posts relating to the war in Israel and the killing of children. “We are talking about violent murder, but if it was a Christian child, we would be talking about terrorism,” he said in his post about the murder of a six-year-old Muslim child who was killed by a 71-year-old man. -an old American man with 26 stab wounds.

Belgium’s threat level has been raised to three, with the exception of Brussels, which remains at four, the highest threat level.

“Following the deadly shooting in the center of Brussels, OCAD is raising the threat level for Brussels to Level 4. This means the threat is very serious and imminent. These threat levels will remain in effect until we receive more information,” the Threat Assessment Coordination Committee said. Body quoted Nieves Blood.