A laptop seized during a recent terror raid may have revealed that ISIS was in the early stages of a plot to kill the prime minster of Belgium.
The laptop, used by one of the Brussels bombers, contained images of the Belgian prime minister’s home and office, an official said Wednesday, heightening fears after last week’s attacks on the airport and subway system.
A government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said that “it is alarming that they were apparently scouting the terrain” around the lush Royal Park where both his office, “Le 16,” and his Lambermont residence are located.
Security around Prime Minister Charles Michel has increased since the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris and in Brussels last week. Michel also has had several unspecified death threats over the past years, the official said.
A laptop found near the hideout of the suspects of the March 22 airport bombing first gained notoriety because it contained a sort of will of suicide bomber Ibrahim El Bakraoui, in which he spoke of being “in a haste” and “no longer know what to do.”
The report was first published by De Tijd and L’Echo newspapers.
In propaganda material distributed Tuesday, the Islamic State group described the Brussels attacks as part of “a war against all their tyrants and pagans; a war against secularism.” The material showed a cropped still of surveillance footage showing the two airport bombers. The attacker who escaped with his life, wearing a dark hat, was cropped out.
“Its most important results are that it showed the fragility of the security systems of the European states that claim they are the strongest in the world, and this was through the type of operation, its timing, its place, and the circumstances surrounding it, and the nature of those who executed it,” the material said, according to a translation Wednesday by the SITE Intelligence Group.
In all, 32 people died in the attacks on Brussels international airport and the Maelbeek subway station and 87 remained in hospital. Three attackers were killed when their bombs exploded and police are looking for at least one more suspect.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
patrick says
Can we convince them to start in the WH?
Dean Maropoulos says
Isis needs to take out the pos we have in the Whitehouse. I could live having Biden as President for a few months.
St. Edgar says
God hear your every thought.
Annette says
Absolutely agree with you.
Annette says
How much would they ask? I’ll pitch in.
St. Edgar says
God’s going to get you for saying that.
Don Hornish says
As long as Odumbo is in the White House, they won’t touch him because he’s a supporter of those barbarian idiots who have no respect for human life!! They will kill everybody who refuse to submit to Islam Sharia Law! If those killers aren’t stopped, it will be over for the entire planet! However, I believe many non-Muslim countries will finally wake up and band together to bring an end to those barbarians! Let’s pray that eyes all around the world will wake up and see what they are doing to our world, besides destroying many ancient and historic things everywhere!!
Aniko Mattison says
you are a genius!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arthur Hartsock says
Maybe the best thing that could happen to Europe would be this sort of attack. If nothing else would awaken them, then this certainly would. And don’t these ISIS dimwits realize that it is these stupid European political leaders who have allowed this situation to develop. These European ‘leaders’ have unwittingly done everything to help ISIS in Europe. And now ISIS wants to kill one of these ‘leaders?’ Go ahead, ISIS, get really STUUUUPID and awaken Europe.
Matt C says
What if they can’t wake up? What if all this is on purpose?
Thomas Harrell says
Wow, ISIS is planning to attack the people that let them in the country. I like that I guess. Maybe it will wake the others up.
TRUMP says
Sorry Thomas will not wake up America because the liberal politicians are feeding on sleeping pills. Our leaders are more afraid of lossing control in Washington and their corruption to Trump then ISIS killing Americans
Justin W says
Hopefully this will scare some sense into some of these leaders. ISIS is not a noble group of freedom fighters. ISIS wants to destroy western civilization and return the world to the dark ages. The ISIS idea of utopia is a place where poverty, misery, violence and repression reign supreme. There can’t be any compromise with this group. They must be destroyed.
Zinka says
I’m fully agree with Mr. Juston.
That gang ISIS planned to destroy.
TRUMP says
Or voted in….. If Hillary gets in, we will Welcome ISIS members here, just as long as they don’t blow anyone up until after voting for them.
St. Edgar says
How would you go about Destroying them?? There not a coherent army. A military style attack would not work.
gnb says
Sounds like another false flag hoax. Most European “leaders” are puppets for the same puppeteers who run ISIS.
Zinka says
I’m fully agree with Mr. Juston W.
That gang ISIS planned to destroy.
Txmar says
Isn’t this what Trump wanted MONTHS AGO??? NOW people can see his vision. It will happen, just a question of when.
America is in danger and what’s happening there will most certainly come here…THE FBI has ALWAYS BEEN SAYING, we can NOT VET THEM PROPERLY.????
The WH won’t LISTEN!!!