(Brussels Times) The Federal Police of Belgium is taking measures to [strategize] its workings following last year’s terror attack in Brussels, but says that eradicating the risk entirely is “impossible.”
Several people including senior police officers were heard before the House Committees on Justice and Home Affairs on Tuesday regarding the Brussels attack on 16 October. Tunisian national Abdesalem Lassoued shot two Swedish football fans on Boulevard d’Ypres near Place Sainctelette, a 20-minute walk from Grand Place.
Tunisia had requested his extradition in August 2022, but the file was reportedly misplaced at the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office. This led to the resignation of Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne and is one of the reasons behind the hearing in the committees.
