Belgian authorities released video footage Thursday that retraced the steps of a man suspected of taking part in the March 22 bombing of the Brussels Airport and renewed their appeal to the public for help in identifying him. They said he requested the public to report if it was found, and discarded the jacket.
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The Maelbeek subway station, where the second attack took place, is in the same neighborhood.
New photos were just released by authorities of a suspect in the March terrorist attacks in Brussels. Federal Prosecutor Thierry Werts also said many people who were around the hotel when the suspect walked by may now be overseas, and asked for their assistance as well.
He is now being held in a prison in the northern Belgian city of Bruges, where he is awaiting extradition to France.
The man is believed to have attempted to blow himself up alongside two fellow suicide bombers but fled after his suitcase explosive failed to detonate.
But investigators remain puzzled as to the whereabouts of the mystery third suspect.
The raid triggered a shootout that killed terror suspect Mohamed Belkaid, an Algerian.
Nevertheless, Salah has claimed that his brother was the one who forced him to join the terrorist group, said Belgian Federal Police. A controlled explosion destroyed a third bomb at the airport about six hours after the initial attack.
Following his capture, Mr. Abdeslam admitted he was in Paris on the night of the attacks in November, in which 130 people died, and said he was planning other attacks in Brussels, according to Belgian officials.
Also on Wednesday, the European Parliament said one of the Brussels bombers briefly worked as a cleaner at the institution several years ago.
“Abdeslam stated after his arrest that he planned on conducting a suicide bombing outside of the Paris soccer stadium, but had ‘backed out, ‘” the State Department said in a statement.
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