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handle is hein.crs/crsmthabfnv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CRS INSIGHT European Security and Islamist Terrorism March 29, 2016 (IN10209) Related Authors Kristin ArchicQk Paul Be lkin -1 Kristin Archick, Specialist in European Affairs (karhick D r , 7-2668) Paul Belkin, Analyst in European Affairs (,belkinacrs lc gov, 7-0220) Terrorist Attacks in Europe and Mounting Security Concerns On March 22, 2016, rdin bmin in Brsl Be1ium, left at least 35 people dead and more than 300 injured at the city's international airport and a downtown metro station near the headquarters of the European Union (EU). FQ r Am rians r kille and a dozen injured. Belgian officials declared the bombings acts of terrorism, and the Islamic State organization claimed responsibility. The bombings follow the March 18 capture in BssQl of lah Abdslam, who is believed to have been directly involved in the November 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. Authorities have linked Abdeslam to the thre identifid Bssls i m r, including Najim Laachraoui, who may have constructed the explosive devices used in both the Brussels and Paris attacks. These incidents are the laest in a number of Islami trrrist aacks in Europe. Over the past two years, many attacks and thwarted plots appear connected to the Islamic State and were perpetrated by European citizens of Muslim background who have trained or fought in Syria and Iraq. European officials estimate that 11 to 5 000 European citizn have traveled to fight in Syria, Iraq, and other conflicts abroad. The suspect in the May 2014 killing of four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels is a French citizen who reportedly spent a year with Islamist fighters in Syria. The perpetrators of three related attacks in Paris in January 2015 in which 17 people were murdered (including at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo) were French-born Muslims, with possible ties to the Islamic State or Al Qaeda in Yemen. All of the identified perpetrators f the Nvemb r2015P Pri attacks were French or Belgian citizens, and at least six appear to have fought with the Islamic State. Laachraoui, the uspec Bein bomb ex , may have trained in Syria, and Turk yfthe Bbers to th hrlands last summer after arresting him near its border with Syria. (Also see CRS Report R44003, Eurovean Fighters in ria andIraq: Assessment. Res onses and Issues for the United States.) French and EL authorities warn that the Islamic State's ability to direct and/or carry out operations in Europe pparL_ be inceasing. Reports suggest that the individuals involved in the Paris and Brussels attacks may have relied on larger networks of accomplices and supporters to carry out the attacks and evade security services. Following the Brussels attacks, French plice f ile another terrorist plot and several suspects were arrested on terrorism charges in Belgium

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