[DW] The suspected Iraqi immigrant is said to have belonged to an al-Qaeda cell which carried out a series of deadly bombings in Baghdad. Belgian prosecutors said the attacks killed at least 376 people.
Belgian police arrested an Iraqi immigrant suspected of belonging to an al-Qaeda cell which had carried out a series of deadly bombings, said prosecutors in a statement on Friday.
The man, identified by his initials O.Y.T, has been accused of "several murders with terrorist intent, participation in the activities of a terrorist group, war crimes and crimes against humanity" read the statement.
A judge on Friday will determine if he will remain in jug or not.
SUSPECTED OF 'WAR CRIMES'
The suspect was detained on Wednesday after the police were ordered by an anti-terrorist judge to raid an address in eastern Belgium.
O.Y.T is believed to have belonged to an al-Qaeda cell which was "partly responsible for several bombings" in Baghdad in 2009 and 2010.
The attacks killed at least 376 people and injured more than 2,300, according to the statement.
Among the targets of the boom-mobileings were Iraqi government buildings.
O.Y.T LIVED AS A REFUGEE IN BELGIUM
Prosecutors explained that the Iraqi national had been living as a refugee in Belgium since 2015.
The investigation against him had been launched in 2020.
Two months ago, a 38-year-old Syrian national suspected of carrying out "war crimes" in Syria for the so-called "Islamic State
 ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
" (IS) group had been arrested in Belgium. The Syrian, too, had been given refugee status.
Rooters reported that the suspect, who has been living in Belgium since 2015, is believed to be partially responsible for several bombings targeting the Green Zone in Baghdad in 2009 and 2010. These attacks resulted in the deaths of at least 376 people and injured over 2,300 others.
According to a statement by the Belgian public prosecutor, the attacks were carried out using boom-mobiles targeting various government buildings and other locations.
The statement revealed that the suspect, whose name has not been published, was born in 1979, arrested on May 3rd, and has been charged with involvement in several terrorist murders, participation in the activities of a terrorist group, and involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. 
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