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Paris, Nov. 8, 2016 (dpa/NAN) French investigators suspect a 32-year old Belgian Abu Ahmad of planning the terrorist attacks that struck Paris and Brussels in 2015, a source said on Tuesday.
Several elements indicated that this was the case. The investigating source said the man had made the plans from Syria.
He was also identified by another terrorist suspect who was being questioned by anti-terrorism detectives.
“Ahmad was the nom de guerre the man used to plan the attacks.
“The Belgian is believed to be a member of Islamic State, and it is thought he made the plans from the terrorist group’s de facto capital in Syria, al-Raqqa’’, the report said.
An Islamic State attack in Paris on Nov. 13, 2015, left 130 dead.
A March 22 attack in Brussels left 32 victims dead after a morning of bombings. (dpa/NAN)
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Edited by Damilola Oyewole/Idahosa Asowata