Grinning for the camera as he poses for a police mugshot, this is
the suicide bomber who murdered 11 people at Brussels airport this week -
pictured when he was twice arrested as an alleged extremist nine months
before bringing terror to the heart of Europe.
The chilling image of Ibrahim El Bakraoui was taken last summer by
Turkish authorities after the jihadist was captured just a few miles
from the border with ISIS's heartland in Syria.
Police in the country returned El Bakraoui to Europe, warning that
he was a known extremist who posed a terror threat to his home country
of Belgium, according to the Turkish president.
Belgian
bomber, Ibrahim El Bakraoui (centre) and explosives expert, Najim
Laachraou (left), both wearing black gloves to hide their suicide bomb
triggers. Their accomplice - the 'Man in White' (right) fled the airport
and remains on the run
But officials in the Netherlands and Belgium let the jihadist walk
free, saying he could not be jailed because there was no evidence he had
committed a crime.
Turkish authorities revealed today that after being returned to
Europe, El Bakraoui returned to Turkey once again, only to be deported
for a second time in August.
On Tuesday morning, El Bakraoui and his brother Khalid took part in
the devastating attacks on Brussels' airport and Metro system, killing
34 people in total.
Brothers : Khalid El Bakraoui (left) detonated his suicide vest on a Brussels Metro train just 79 minutes after his brother
Ibrahim (right) blew himself up with an explosives-packed suitcase at Brussels airport
Police are now hunting for their accomplice known as the 'Man in White', as well as at least five other unidentified suspects linked to the atrocity.
The new mugshot of Ibrahim El Bakraoui was taken by police in the
Turkish border town of Gaziantep after he was arrested in June 2015.
Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed yesterday that
his officials had deported the terrorist to the Netherlands and said
that Europe 'ignored our warnings' about the danger he posed.
Source: Dailymail
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