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Islamic State flag found at Brussels shoot-out scene: prosecutor

Published: 16 Mar 2016 - 02:00 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 03:50 am
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Reporters stand in front of an apartment (C) in the Brussels district of Forest where a gunman was shot dead by Belgian police on Tuesday after a raid on the apartment linked to investigations into November's Islamist attacks in Paris March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Brussels: The suspect gunned down in a shootout with Belgian police on Tuesday was found with an Islamic State flag, a Kalashnikov rifle and a book of extremist literature next to his body, Belgian prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Thierry Werts, a spokesman for anti-terror prosecutors, told a press conference that the man had been identified as Belcaid Mohammed, an Algerian national who was was illegally in Belgium.

AFP