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| PARIS — The Belgian authorities released video footage on Thursday that retraced the steps of a man suspected of taking part in the March 22 bombing of the Brussels Airport and renewed their appeal to the public for help in identifying him. | PARIS — The Belgian authorities released video footage on Thursday that retraced the steps of a man suspected of taking part in the March 22 bombing of the Brussels Airport and renewed their appeal to the public for help in identifying him. |
| The video, presented at a news conference at the federal prosecutor’s office in Brussels, shows surveillance-camera footage of the suspect in the nearly two hours after the attacks at the airport, where two suicide bombers detonated explosives contained in large black luggage. | The video, presented at a news conference at the federal prosecutor’s office in Brussels, shows surveillance-camera footage of the suspect in the nearly two hours after the attacks at the airport, where two suicide bombers detonated explosives contained in large black luggage. |
| A third suicide bomber detonated explosives at the Maelbeek subway station in central Brussels a little over an hour later. Thirty-two people were killed and over 340 wounded in the series of attacks. | A third suicide bomber detonated explosives at the Maelbeek subway station in central Brussels a little over an hour later. Thirty-two people were killed and over 340 wounded in the series of attacks. |
| The Belgian authorities had already issued a wanted notice for the suspect, known as the “man in the hat” because of his appearance in a photograph that was released soon after the attacks. | The Belgian authorities had already issued a wanted notice for the suspect, known as the “man in the hat” because of his appearance in a photograph that was released soon after the attacks. |
| The footage released on Thursday by the Belgian federal police, with French and Flemish voice-overs, provided a first look at how the suspect left the airport right after the bombings, and where he went. | The footage released on Thursday by the Belgian federal police, with French and Flemish voice-overs, provided a first look at how the suspect left the airport right after the bombings, and where he went. |
| “After the bombs exploded at 7:58, the man wearing a bright jacket and a hat went out of the building, walked past the Sheraton hotel, turned right toward the Avis car parking lot and left the airport area,” the video commentary said. | “After the bombs exploded at 7:58, the man wearing a bright jacket and a hat went out of the building, walked past the Sheraton hotel, turned right toward the Avis car parking lot and left the airport area,” the video commentary said. |
| The video, using images from Google Maps, outlines the suspect’s trajectory with a red dot. The surveillance footage shows him walking away from the airport in the midst of travelers and bystanders. Although at one point he can be seen jogging lightly, he appears to be walking at a normal pace most of the time. | The video, using images from Google Maps, outlines the suspect’s trajectory with a red dot. The surveillance footage shows him walking away from the airport in the midst of travelers and bystanders. Although at one point he can be seen jogging lightly, he appears to be walking at a normal pace most of the time. |
| The suspect then walked through Zaventem, the town several miles northeast of Brussels where the airport is, and got rid of his jacket, according to the video commentary. | The suspect then walked through Zaventem, the town several miles northeast of Brussels where the airport is, and got rid of his jacket, according to the video commentary. |
| “The jacket he left behind is bright, with a hood which is dark inside,” the video said, providing close-up pictures of the clothing. “Should this jacket be found, this might give invaluable information to the investigators.” | “The jacket he left behind is bright, with a hood which is dark inside,” the video said, providing close-up pictures of the clothing. “Should this jacket be found, this might give invaluable information to the investigators.” |
| The suspect was seen at 8:50 a.m. at the intersection of two roads in Zaventem, at which point he was wearing “a bright shirt with rolled-up sleeves,” which the police said appeared to be “bright blue with yokes on the elbows.” He was also wearing “dark trousers and brown shoes with a large white sole,” the video said. | The suspect was seen at 8:50 a.m. at the intersection of two roads in Zaventem, at which point he was wearing “a bright shirt with rolled-up sleeves,” which the police said appeared to be “bright blue with yokes on the elbows.” He was also wearing “dark trousers and brown shoes with a large white sole,” the video said. |
| The suspect was then recorded by closed-circuit TV in Schaerbeek, a neighborhood of Brussels that is southwest of Zaventem — first at 9:42 a.m. and again at 9:49 a.m. He was last caught on camera at 9:50 a.m., at the intersection of the Avenue de la Brabançonne and the Rue du Noyer in Schaerbeek, according to the police video. | The suspect was then recorded by closed-circuit TV in Schaerbeek, a neighborhood of Brussels that is southwest of Zaventem — first at 9:42 a.m. and again at 9:49 a.m. He was last caught on camera at 9:50 a.m., at the intersection of the Avenue de la Brabançonne and the Rue du Noyer in Schaerbeek, according to the police video. |
| “If you saw a left-behind bright-colored jacket between the airport and the Chaussée de Louvain,” the narrator says, “or if you saw the offender while he was on the run, or if you know which way he went afterward, please contact the investigators.” | “If you saw a left-behind bright-colored jacket between the airport and the Chaussée de Louvain,” the narrator says, “or if you saw the offender while he was on the run, or if you know which way he went afterward, please contact the investigators.” |
| Separately, the police in Copenhagen arrested four men suspected of joining the Islamic State while in Syria, with the intention of committing terrorist crimes, the authorities said on Thursday. | Separately, the police in Copenhagen arrested four men suspected of joining the Islamic State while in Syria, with the intention of committing terrorist crimes, the authorities said on Thursday. |
| The men were detained in several different areas of the Danish capital around 10 a.m., said Mads Jensen, a spokesman for the Copenhagen police, as part of a joint operation with the Danish security services. | The men were detained in several different areas of the Danish capital around 10 a.m., said Mads Jensen, a spokesman for the Copenhagen police, as part of a joint operation with the Danish security services. |
| He added that searches had been performed, and that ammunition and weapons had been seized. The suspects will be arraigned on Friday at a closed hearing. | |
| According to an April report released by the International Center for Counterterrorism in The Hague, more fighters have returned to Denmark from Syria on a per-capita basis than to any other country in Europe. | |
| In neighboring Sweden, a 20-year-old man who was taken into custody in Stockholm on Feb. 11 on suspicion of planning a terrorist act was charged on Thursday. The prosecutor said the man, whose identity has not been released, was planning a suicide attack. It would have been the first in Sweden since Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly killed himself and wounded two others in 2010. |