PORTRAIT. Mohamed Abrini, the terrorist who did not explode in Zaventem. “I was furious about who I lost in Syria”

“I was perhaps the most frightened of all that morning at Zaventem airport,” says Mohamed Abrini (37) about Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Instead of detonating his luggage with thirty kilograms of explosives, the terrorist walked to the first blast away and he crouched against a wall—hands over his ears. “I knew there was another bomb and it contained nails. I was afraid that they would also explode my bomb bag.”

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