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handle is hein.crs/crsmthabfse0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CRS INSIGHT European Security and Islamist Terrorism April 18, 2016 (IN10209) Related Authors * Kristin Archick * Paul B.elkin Kristin Archick, Specialist in European Affairs (karchickacrs loc go, 7-2668) Paul Belkin, Analyst in European Affairs (,belkinahr 1 g 7-0220) Terrorist Attacks in Europe and Mounting Security Concerns On March 22, 2016, coordinated bombings in Brssels Beium, killed at least 32 people and injured more than 300 at the city's international airport and a downtown metro station near the headquarters of the European Union (EU). EQur Americans were killeQd and a dozen injured. Belgian officials declared the bombings acts of terrorism, and the Islamic State organization claimed responsibility. The bombings followed the March 18 capture in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, 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 three identified Brussels suicide bombers -including Najim Laachraoui, who may have constructed the explosive devices used in both the Brussels and Paris attacks, and M.am..d. .Abrini, arrested in early April in connection with both attacks. These incidents are the lest in a number of Islamist terrorist acks 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 up t 5-000 European .itizns 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 the identifiedperpetrators of th November 2015 Paris-attacks were French or Belgian citizens, and at least six appear to have fought with the Islamic State. Laachraoui, the susected Bian bmx may have trained in Syria, and Turkey depo o of t B Iuicide bombers t e Ntrlands last summer after arresting him near its border with Syria. (Also see CRS Report R44003, EurOvean Fighters in Wria and Jrag. Assessments Resvonses. 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 appars.t be increasing. After Brussels bombings, French police foiled another terrorist plot and several suspects were arrested on terrorism charges in Belgium. Germany, Italy. and the Netherlands. Five people arrested in the 11nited Kingdom may

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