Alleged Suicide Bomber Brothers Were Arrested Days Before March 22, 2016 Attack

Raid in Belgium Prior To Attack. Alleged suicide bomber brothers were reportedly detained days before they allegedly suicide bombed an airport in Belgium

On March 15, 2016, Belgian and French forces were conducted an anti-terrorism raid of a house in the Brussels suburb of Forest when they were ambushed by suspects with firearms.

Alleged suicide bomber brothers Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui were reportedly arrested when one of the brothers showed up at a hospital with a broken leg. The two brothers were known to have links to violent crime in the Brussels area.

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