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Belgium police officers have made a series of arrests for terrorism-related offences since the Paris attacks
Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP/Getty Images
continue its manhunt for a suspected failed suicide bomber, nicknamed the "Man in the Hat".
Belgian officials had confirmed that five people were being
questioned over the coordinated terror attacks last month. Further
details about the sixth suspect are expected to be released in an
announcement later on Saturday, 9 April.
Three suicide bombers struck at Zavantem Airport and a busy Metro station in the centre of Brussels on 22 March, killing
32 people dead and leaving 300 injured.
Paris attacks link
Sky News reported that the detained suspects include Mohamed Abrini
,
who is wanted by French police in connection with the Paris terror
attacks of 15 November. The news channel reported that Abrini's DNA was
found in a flat in Brussel's Schaerbeek district, where the Brussels'
attackers stayed before the attacks.
Sky News also
identified one of the suspects as Osama Krayem – a Swedish national from
Malmö, Sweden, who allegedly left his hometown to fight in Syria.
Krayem was reportedly filmed on CCTV at a shopping mall where the
suitcases used by the airport bombers were purchased.
Man in the Hat
The arrests come
after Belgian prosecutors appealed for information on a fourth suspected
bomber. Belgium police released video of the suspected terrorist,
dubbed the "Man in the Hat", showing him fleeing
Zavantem airport after his device failed to detonate.
Belgian authorities previously launched campaign to find "man in hat" bombing suspect.
IBTimes UK
Belgian
police also raided an apartment complex in the district of Etterbeek,
central Brussels. The building was evacuated to enable forensic experts
to conduct investigations, but no arrests were made.
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