The terrorist attack at the airport of Zaventem
Police in Belgium have found a new recording of the conversation between the terrorists and suicide bombers by Ashrawi Najim and Ibrahim Bachraoui, bombed the airport of Brussels in 2016. Their goal was the passengers flying to Russia, USA and Israel. About it reports on Saturday, March 11, the Belgian newspaper Nieuwsblad.
According to him, the recovered audio files on the laptop found in a dumpster in the area Saerbeck. During the 10-minute conversation, the men discussed the date of the attack. “We can no longer be postponed. We must act as quickly as possible. We decided to take action tomorrow, March 22,” said Ashrawi.
He also explained Bachraoui selection of weapons and the scene of the attack. According to him, “one of the brothers gave us the information that tomorrow morning will fly the American, Russian and Israeli flights,” so their passengers “try to touch”.
As Politico writes, the extremists decided not to resort to small arms, because in this case people would have fled. In addition, their plan could prevent airport security. “We decided that to maximize the number of casualties we need to get into the crowd and explode all at the same time,” — said Ashrawi.
A series of terrorist attacks in the Belgian capital was made on 22 March 2016. Was attacked Zaventem airport and the metro station “Maalbeek”. The victims were 35 people, more than 300 were injured.
According to investigators, the metro explosive device detonated Khalid Batrawi, and the airport — his brother Ibrahim along with Ashrawi Najim, who was wanted in the case of the terrorist attacks in Paris. Responsibility for the attacks was assumed by the banned terrorist group “Islamic state”.