A man who was arrested in the investigation into the Brussels attack on 16 October denies his involvement, his lawyer announced. A decision on his further arrest will be made later on Monday.
The Federal Prosecutor's Office ordered two house searches last Wednesday in the investigation into the terror attack that happened earlier this month in Brussels. Investigators raided addresses in Tongeren and Tervuren.
A 43-year-old Tunisian man who could be linked to the weapon used in the attack was apprehended, the Federal Public Prosecutor said. The man was arrested and is in jail for the time being, Bruzz reports.
"My client denies any involvement," said his lawyer, Guylain Mafuta Laman. "Given the secrecy of the investigation that is in full swing, I cannot say more. But my client will refute the charges against him in the coming days."
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On the evening of Monday 16 October, two Swedish citizens were killed and another was injured in a shooting by Abdesalem Lassoued near Place Sainctelette in Brussels. The following morning, he was shot and killed by police in a café in Schaerbeek.
In the meantime, five other people linked to the attack have also been arrested in the investigation: one in Nantes (France), one in Dresden (Germany), two in the Paris region and one in Málaga (Spain).
