(Brussels Signal) A criminal court in Belgium has convicted a 21-year-old Islamist of plotting to assassinate Bart De Wever, president of the N-VA party and mayor of Antwerp.
Identified by the court under the alias of “Elias EA,” the man was found by the Belgian court to have been the ringleader of a plot to kill the Flemish politician, with four others also receiving prison terms following the trial on June 5.
According to the court, the 21-year-old Elias led the group of would-be assassins, who were reportedly inspired by radical Islamism.
Initially, his group was said to have planned an attack on a police commissioner’s office but later decided to try to kill the centre-right De Wever.
