Brussels Islamic State terror cell

Brussels Islamic State terror cell
Years active2014–2016
TerritoryBrussels, Belgium
ActivitiesTerrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels
Notable membersAbdelhamid Abaaoud
Salah Abdeslam
Osama Krayem

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

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