The Brussels public prosecutor’s office has responded for the first time to the mistake made by one of its magistrates in the case of Abdesalem Lassoued, who shot two people dead in Brussels on Monday. “Severe understaffing played a role, but that is no excuse,” it said. The federal government took five concrete measures on Saturday that should help prevent an attack in the future. And the resignation of Minister of the Interior Annelies Verlinden (CD&V) is not on the agenda. Follow all developments in our live blog.
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LIVE. The Brussels public prosecutor’s office explains why the extradition warrant for the perpetrator of the attack remained outstanding: "None of the colleagues remember what happened to the file”
