Just a day before explosions in Brussels killed more than 30 people and injured at least three Americans, top Belgian officials knew they were in trouble.
“We are far from putting the puzzle together,” Belgian prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw told reporters Monday morning, hours after authorities captured an alleged ISIS operative suspected in November’s Paris attacks. The nation’s interior minister, Jan Jambon, told a local news outlet that the man’s purported terror network was “bigger than we thought in the beginning” and that he clearly had logistical support in the heart of Europe -- a network that threatened more carnage.
“When weapons and terrorists are in the same place, it means there’s going to be an attack,” Jambon said.
A day later, at least three explosions ripped through a Belgian airport and metro station, killing more than 30 and injuring over 100 others, and the Syria-based terrorist organization ISIS -- the same group that is believed to have carried out the Paris attacks -- released a statement claiming responsibility.
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