Germany: Two men arrested in connection with bombings in Brussels – Virtual Poland

• Two men suspected of links with the bombers from Brussels detained in Germany
 

 • One of them received two SMS with the name of suicide bomber
 

 • The second SMS with “fin” (end) came to him three minutes before the bomb went off at the airport
 

 • The target was a 28-year-old Moroccan
 

 • In turn around Duesseldorf in the attacks were arrested Samira E.
 

 • The authorities claim that he was active among the Salafists in North Rhine-Westphalia
 
 
 

German police detained two men suspected of having ties with the Islamists, who on Tuesday made suicide bombings in Brussels – informs “Spiegel” in the online edition. One of the men arrested on Wednesday in Giessen (Hesse), shortly before the attacks received in Brussels on smartphone two SMS. In one of them appeared the name of Khalid El Bakraouiego, suicide bomber from the Brussels subway – writes “Spiegel”. In the second SMS was only one word – “fin” (fr. End.). This SMS was sent on Tuesday at. 9.08; according to previous findings Khalid El Bakraoui blew himself up in the chair. 9.11.

According to information obtained by the German public television ARD that halted a 28-year-old Moroccan. During a routine inspection, which was subjected to at the railway station in Giessen, it turned out that he has a ban on entry to the Schengen area and it fell afoul of the law in Italy and Germany.
 

On Thursday, in the vicinity of Duesseldorf was arrested Samir E. German authorities maintain that he was active among the Salafists in North Rhine-Westphalia. “Spiegel” writes, citing its own information, so as Khalid El Bakraoui it was the summer of 2015. Arrested by the Turkish authorities in the border region of Turkey with Syria. Turkish side suspected that both of them wanted to join Islamist fighters in the Syrian civil war. Both on the same plane sent to Amsterdam, where it began the trip to Turkey.

The agency dpa reported that a source in the security agencies have confirmed this information. According to “Der Spiegel” the German service check now whether the men knew each other closer and possibly, if together they went to Turkey.
 

According to information obtained by the German public television ARD that halted a 28-year-old Moroccan. During a routine inspection, which was subjected to at the railway station in Giessen, it turned out that he has a ban on entry to the Schengen area and it fell afoul of the law in Italy and Germany.
 

According to dpa the detainees found documents, which show that he was recently in and around Brussels. ARD reported that the suspect was on March 18 because of an unspecified injury in the hospital. On this day in Brussels arrested Salah Abdeslama. During the police action other persons residing with him in the apartment probably escaped.
 

The court in Giessen issued an arrest warrant against Marokańczykowi including but so far only allegations of forgery and violation of the law on residence. Any links to bombings in Brussels are checked – said court spokesman.
 

As reported dpa, Samir E. was sentenced on March 1 for two and a half years in prison for theft and expected to begin serving the sentence. Captured during raids money was spent on the activity of radical Islamists. Following the publication of information about the incident in Turkey, he was arrested because of the threat of escape.