Belgian prosecutor says Islamic State flag,Salafist book and Kalashnikov rifle found in flat during raid linked to investigations into Paris terrorism attacks
Police in Belgium are continuing to hunt for two suspects who fled a Brussels flat after a shootout during a raid linked to November’s Paris attacks which saw one gunman shot dead next to an Islamic State flag.
The gunman killedby police in the tranquil southern Brussels neighbourhood of Forest on Tuesday was identified as Mohamed Belkaïd, a 35-year-old Algerian living illegally in Belgium. He was shot dead by a police sniper as he prepared to fire at officers from a window. “Next to his body was a Kalashnikov, and a book on Salafism and an Islamic State flag,” said Thierry Werts, of the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office.
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Source: theguardian.com