(Brussels Times) Out of 100 foreign fighters who have returned to Belgium from Syria, the Organ for Coordination of Threat Analysis (known as “OCAM”) believes that only one-quarter still present a serious terrorist threat.
The finding is reported in the daily Het Laatste Nieuws on Tuesday.
According to the director of OCAM, Paul Van Tigchelt, there is currently a higher risk amongst those who have become radicalized who have never left Belgium, and who have often not had contact with a terrorist group. “These people have psychological or other problems and allow themselves to be easily influenced by propaganda — and not only jihadist propaganda. In many countries, we also see these people being hijacked by far-right ideology.”
