Brussels Islamic State terror cell

Brussels Islamic State terror cell
Years active2014–2016
TerritoryBrussels, Belgium
ActivitiesTerrorism
Notable membersAbdelhamid Abaaoud
Salah Abdeslam
Osama Krayem

The Brussels Islamic State terror cell was an Islamic terrorist sub-group involved in large-scale terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015 (130 killed) and Brussels in March 2016 (32 killed). The terror cell was connected to the Islamic State (IS), a jihadist terrorist organisation primarily based in Syria and Iraq.

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