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Computer Containing Daesh-Related Data Found in Brussels

© AFP 2023 / YORICK JANSENS / BELGAPolicemen control motorists near Brussels airport in Zaventem on March 23, 2016
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A computer allegedly belonged to a member of the Daesh terrorist group was found near recent attacks spots in Brussels.

BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — A computer with information related to the Daesh terorists was found on a street in the Belgian capital after the recent attacks on the city's airport and a metro station, local media reported Wednesday.

A soldier blocks the access to roads close to the Maalbeek metro station in Brussels on March 22, 2016 after a series of apparently coordinated explosions ripped through Brussels airport and a metro train, killing at least 14 people in the airport and 20 people in the metro in the latest attacks to target Europe - Sputnik International
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According to LaLibre.be news portal, employees of the cleaning company Bruxelles Proprete spotted the device with contents described as "interesting" for the investigation into Tuesday's attacks.

The computer has been handed over to the Belgian Federal Police's Counter-Terrorism and SWAT unit.

On Tuesday, two suicide blasts hit the departures hall of Brussels international airport and an explosion shook a subway carriage in Maelbeek station, close to the EU institutions, killing at least 31 people and injuring 260.

Daesh, outlawed in a number of countries, including Russia, claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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