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Belgium ignored possible link between suspect and Islamic State

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05-19-2016 12:58 BJT

Belgian broadcaster RTBF has reported that authorities ignored a possible link between main suspect Salah Abdeslam and the Islamic State group just weeks before the Paris attacks.

The attacks in November 2015 killed 130 people. Citing a leaked parliamentary report, the broadcaster said authorities spotted a Facebook account allegedly belonging to Abdeslam featuring the Islamic State flag three weeks before the attacks. But there were no follow up investigations.

Last month, the parliamentary panel also heard that the Belgian police abandoned a probe into Abdeslam and his brother six months before the Paris attacks, despite flagging them as priority terror suspects.

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