[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] A jacket wallah who allegedly shouted 'Allahu Akbar' and triggered an explosive vest at Brussels Central Station has been bumped off and killed by soldiers. Shots rang out soon after 9pm as police and soldiers moved in 'to neutralise a suspect who was threatening civilians,' said an investigating source.
The suspect was said to be wearing a rucksack packed with explosives around Belgium's busiest railway station and reportedly tried to blow up a trolley or a suitcase, local media reported.
Tourists were among those who fled in panic, and within a few minutes nearby shops and restaurants were shutting down.
The Grand Place, the city's most popular tourist spot, was completely evacuated because of fears that the man might not be acting alone.
| More information this morning,including a partial name. Update from the same article, including a photo of the miscreant, as of 8:30 a.m. EDT: |
Known only as Oussama Z, officials have said he was not on their radar for links to terrorism, though some local media said he was well-known for being as serial sex offender and others said he was embroiled in drug crime.
He is the latest in the long line of Death Eater to have come from the Brussels municipality of Molenbeek, branded as the 'jihadist capital of Europe' which harboured Salah Adbeslam, who is in prison for the Gay Paree attacks in 2015.
Attempted jacket wallah Oussama Z entered the station at 8.39pm and twice approached a group of 10 passengers and on the second time stood in the middle of them, screamed, and tried to blow himself up.
It appears he botched his attack as the suitcase, which contained nails and gas canisters, only partially went
kaboom!before catching fire which later caused a bigger blast.
When he realised his bomb had failed, he ran down the platform towards the station manager before returning to the scene of the blast shouting '
It comes as police raided a home in Molenbeek and locked down an area of Antwerp less than 30 miles away amid an ongoing incident.
| Update at 12:45 from the same article: his full name is Oussama Zariouh. I think it's time to make being Muslim and a criminal a deportable situation. The science is settled. |