Jewish museum shooter Mehdi Nemmouche, was Former jailer of the hostages in Syria.

Jewish museum shooter Mehdi Nemmouche, was Former jailer of the hostages in Syria.(LeMonde).[GoogleTranslate].

The author of the quadruple shooting in the Jewish Museum in Brussels on 24mai Mehdi Nemmouche, French jihadist who stayed in Syria in the ranks of the Islamic state (EI), arrested in France and extradited July 29 in Belgium , was the One of the jailers of Western hostages held by the Islamist organization.

This information is the result of information sent in recent months by the Directorate General of Internal Security (ISB) to the anti-terrorist section of the floor of Paris . It stemmed mainly testimonies of former hostages French journalists released on April 20.

The memories of those surveyed are not identical. While some suggest "a possibility" , others show greater certainty. These different degrees of appreciation have, apparently, not been a barrier to the transmission of these suspicions to the judiciary by the intelligence service. Especially since the data used also report the presence of Mehdi Nemmouche among the guardians of the old American hostage James Foley, murdered and beheaded on August 20 by the Islamic state.

Mehdi Nemmouche would have been on the detention in Syria of four French journalists, Didier Francois, Edward Elias, Henin and Pierre Nicolas Torres, kidnapped in juin2013.

Since their release, they are regularly consulted by the services of the French secret SID and DGSE. Some witnesses Nemmouche would have been only running basic Islamic State in charge of the organization monitor the Western hostages. He would, however, demonstrated brutality and committed serious acts.Read the full story here.More here.

Did terrorist Mehdi Nemmouche shooter of the Jewish Museum, Go After attack to school of Belgian princes?

Did terrorist Mehdi Nemmouche shooter of the Jewish Museum, Go After attack to school of Belgian princes?HT: HLN. [GoogleTranslate].


Did Wanted terrorist Mehdi Nemmouche (29) after his attack in the Jewish Museum also affect the royal family? Police are investigating a testimony of a woman who believes that she saw him at the school of the princes, just after the attack.

Even Philippe and Mathilde were present, with the children.

" When the witness was smoking a cigarette outside a man suddenly stepped into the school building. "

He caught my attention because it seemed like he wanted to ask me something. But eventually he did not and went anyway. He had a hat on and carried two large bags. His jersey was purple-pink. A dark pants and shoes with a strange light-colored edge. Just before the gate of the playground he stopped. He rubbed his chin, looked around and left. "Read the full story here.

Perpetrator of Terrorist attack at Brussels Jewish museum an ex Syria Jihadi?

Perpetrator of Terrorist attack at Brussels Jewish museum an ex Syria Jihadi? (HLN.be).
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Safety Specialists agree Shooter of the Jewish museum in Brussels are  to be sought in the environment of Syria Warriors. The perpetrator was very well trained and acted coldblooded. 

Update: Jewish Museum shooting suspect ex Syrian Jihadi released.

The man was arrested yesterday by the federal prosecutor in another terrorism case. In the case of the attack on the Jewish Museum, the investigators keep all avenues open and they will include whether there found no evidence in the current files are.

The man who was arrested yesterday would be an ex Syrian Jihadi . During his interrogation, in addition to the offenses for which he was arrested, the attack at the Jewish Museum were addressed because there are certain similarities between his profile and that of the perpetrator.

According to the federal prosecutor, the man could not be linked to the events of Saturday.

Hmmmm.......Which means that they’re looking for an ex Syrian jihadi

Life for Belgian Jews feeling more precarious.

Life for Belgian Jews feeling more precarious.(JPost).

Jewish leaders in Belgium reacted strongly to Saturday’s murderous attack at a Jewish museum in Brussels, vowing that communal life in the western European nation will continue normally despite the loss of life.

Three people were killed outright and a fourth died later of his wounds after a gunman walked into the museum and opened fire with a rifle.

Two of the dead were Emanuel and Miriam Riva, a middle-aged Jewish couple on vacation from Tel Aviv; a French woman and a Belgian man were also killed.

The gunman, who is still at large, was shown wearing a baseball cap and carrying a large duffel bag on security footage released by city police on Sunday afternoon.

Communal institutions will remain open and “Jewish life will continue in Belgium, Maurice Sosnowski, president of the Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organizations (CCOJB), told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

“We are shocked, but not destroyed,” he asserted, disputing recent remarks by some expressing skepticism regarding the continuing viability of Jewish life on the continent.

The president of the European Jewish Congress made waves recently when he told reporters in Tel Aviv that, without a significant reduction in the fear and insecurity plaguing European Jewry, normative Jewish life there will quickly become “unsustainable.”

Belgian Jewry can get through the current tragedy just as their coreligionists have survived two millennia of exile, Sosnowski declared. “We cannot say this that it is over and we have to move.”

Sosnowski’s assertive tone, however, is starkly at odds with recent research indicating that many members of his community are unsure of their collective and individual futures.

Seventy-seven percent of Belgian Jews termed anti-Semitism a “very big” or “fairly big” problem in a poll conducted by the European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) last year, while a 40 percent indicated that they had considered emigration at some point over the past five years due to a feeling of insecurity.

Many Jews are reluctant to go in public wearing a kippa or any other garment that could identify them as Jewish or to visit institutions run by the community, Tel Aviv University anti-Semitism researcher Prof.

“We have problems with the importing of the Middle East conflict in Belgium,” said Raphael Werner, president of the FORUM der Joodse Organisaties, an umbrella organization representing a number of Flemish Jewish bodies. “A lot of politicians are pro-Palestinians and they don’t make a difference between Jews and Israelis.”Read the full story here.

Brussels Jewish museum shooter was wearing video camera, sources say.

Brussels Jewish museum shooter was wearing video camera, sources say.(TOI).

Belgian media reported Monday morning that the gunman who killed four people in an attack Saturday at the Brussels Jewish Museum carried out the act while wearing a portable video camera on his chest. 

If true, the behavior would be reminiscent of that of Mohammed Merah, who filmed himself killing four people at the Ozar Hatorah school in Toulouse, March 2012.

“Sources involved in the investigation” informed several news sites that while reviewing one of the museum’s security videos, it was observed that the suspect was bearing a GoPro brand camera that may have documented the event.Read the full story here.

Brussels - Two Israeli tourists among victims of Brussels shooting, Fourth victim died.

An employee of the #Brussels #Jewish Museum seriously wounded in ystday attack hs just bn announced dead ! #Israel
— selmo (@bobpulga) May 25, 2014

Brussels - Two Israeli tourists among victims of Brussels shooting, fourth victim died.(RT).

"An Israeli couple in their 50s from Tel Aviv, who were visiting Brussels as tourists, were among the victims," Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor told AFP.

He added that Israeli officials “have confidence in the Belgian authorities, in the justice system and the police to look into this horrible crime.”

According to RTBF and the newspaper Le Soir, the victims were shot in the face and throat.

The bodies of the Israelis, Emanuel and Miriam Riva, will be flown to Israel once the Belgian investigators allow their transportation, reports Haaretz.

Meanwhile, the third victim, a female volunteer at the Jewish Museum of Belgium, was a French citizen, according to the official at Belgium’s prosecutor’s office. Belgian outlet Sudinfo.be says that the victim was named Dominique.

The fourth victim, who is still alive, but in an extremely critical condition, is a Belgian citizen, adds the official from the prosecutor’s office. Sudinfo.be reported that his name is Alexandre Strens, a 23-year-old employee of the museum.


There is still little information about the motives of the shooter, said Ine Van Wymersch, a spokeswoman for Brussels Prosecutor’s Office at a news conference. She added that the suspect “probably acted alone, was armed and well prepared.”

"We know that the location, the Jewish Museum in Brussels, makes one think of it being an anti-Semitic attack, but we do not have enough to confirm this is the case," added Van Wymersch.

Earlier, Brussels police said they had detained a suspect, but he was soon released.

Belgian synagogues are currently under armed police guard. The Belgian authorities also called for public help in finding the suspect.

Meanwhile, a witness to the Brussels shooting told RT’s Ruptly video service that when he heard the noise of the first gun shots inside the Jewish museum, he immediately knew something was wrong.
"The shooting continued, so I got away from the window to avoid the possibility of taking a stray bullet. I went quickly to the window again, and I saw a lot of agitation close to the entrance of the museum, and in front of the antique shop near by the museum,” he added.


On Saturday Belgian Interior Minister Joelle Milquet said that though it was too early to call the attack anti-Semitic, given the target "there are strong grounds for presuming so."

"It's a shooting ... at the Jewish Museum ... All of this can lead to suspicions of an act of anti-Semitism," she told the RTBF Belgian television station.

Also on Saturday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly condemned the killings, saying that they were "the result of endless incitement against the Jews and their state."
"Slander and lies against the state of Israel continue to be heard on European soil even as the crimes against humanity and acts of murder being perpetrated in our region are systematically ignored," he added.


Around 42,000 Jews currently reside in Belgium. According to Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) report, in 2012 there were 80 anti-Semitic incidents throughout Belgium, a 23 percent increase over 2011 and an overall increase of 34 percent since 2000.

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'Eurabia' - Brussels killings due to 'incitement' against Jews: Netanyahu.

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'Eurabia' - Brussels killings due to 'incitement' against Jews: Netanyahu.(Taz).

Israel's premier said late Saturday that the attack at the Brussels Jewish Museum, which left three dead and one badly wounded, was the result of anti-Jewish and Israeli sentiment in Europe, AFP reported.

"This act of murder is the result of constant incitement against Jews and their state," Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.

"Slander and lies against the State of Israel continue to be heard on European soil even as the crimes against humanity and acts of murder being perpetrated in our region are systematically ignored," he said.

Belgium Interior Minister Joelle Milquet had said it was too early to determine whether it was an anti-Semitic attack, but given the target "there are strong grounds for presuming so".

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman joined Netanyahu's sentiment, blaming "anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic incitement expressed in calls to boycott Israeli produce".

"The so-called 'pro-Palestinian' activities which... call to boycott 'Jewish goods' and aggressively act against the only democracy in the Middle East, are purely anti-Semitic and not part of a legitimate political territorial dispute", he said in a statement.

France's President Francois Hollande said on Sunday there was no doubt about the "anti-Semitic character" of the attack.

"The anti-Semitic character of this act, a shooting in the Jewish museum in Brussels with the intention to kill, is in no doubt," said Hollande, speaking in his southwestern political stronghold of Tulle where he went to vote in the European elections.


.Hmmm.....Belgium is at 28 % according to the ADL.More here Belgique/Attentat antisémite au Musée Juif de Bruxelles – 4 morts.(French).

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Breaking - Three people, two women one man killed During 'attack' outside Jewish Museum in Brussels.

Breaking - Three people, two women one man killed During 'attack' outside Jewish Museum in Brussels.(HLN). [GoogleTranslate].

A shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels resulted in three deaths. Another person was seriously injured.

Minister of Foreign affairs Didier Reynders was one of the first bystanders on the spot and called the emergency services.

On Twitter, the Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke of an 'attack'.

The shooting in the Brussels district happened around 15:50 pm. The emergency services are also twelve people who are in severe shock. 

The perpetrator fled in a car. 
His license was quoted by a witness.

Kris Peeters left turn via Twitter his dislike. "With horror I take note of incomprehensible and utterly senseless brutality. Strength to the relatives," he said.More here and here.

Choqué par les meurtres commis au musée juif, je pense aux victimes que j'ai vues sur place et à leurs familles
— didier reynders (@dreynders) May 24, 2014