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Bakraoui and his brother Khalid were known to the Belgian authorities. Unlike other radicalised ISIL adherents, who started as petty criminals, the men had a history of committing more serious crimes. They were believed to have rented an apartment that housed some of the assailants involved in the
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Bakraoui was given jobless benefits in early 2014, after a stint in prison for armed robbery and carjacking. In total, he collected about €25,000 in unemployment, medical and other benefits, according to one of the people familiar with the case. He wasn't shut off until last
December, when Belgian
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in 2014 under the condition that he did not leave the country for longer than a month. Following his release from prison, he collected €25,000 in
Belgian government benefits until December 2015. He failed to abide by the conditions of parole and was sought again by the authorities.
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Shoichet, Catherine E.; Botelho, Greg; Berlinger, Joshua (24 March 2016).
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1239:List of Islamist terrorist attacks
934:List of Islamist terrorist attacks
881:January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
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442:; Pop, Valentina (4 August 2016).
284:Brussels Islamic State terror cell
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244:. On 16 March 2016, the
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449:The Wall Street Journal
1270:Belgian mass murderers
1156:Maalbeek metro station
906:2016 Brussels bombings
265:Belgian Prime Minister
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164:emigrated from Morocco
136:2016 Brussels bombings
112:2016 Brussels bombings
1194:2015 Saint-Denis raid
1067:Bars and restaurants
773:2015 Saint-Denis raid
1222:Terrorism in Belgium
1091:Omar Ismail Mostefai
896:2015 Beirut bombings
891:Metrojet Flight 9268
886:Opération Sentinelle
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1139:Ibrahim El Bakraoui
1096:Foued Mohamed-Aggad
919:Terrorism in France
855:One Year, One Night
793:Paris attacks trial
518:The Daily Telegraph
142:Personal background
120:Ibrahim El Bakraoui
110:Involvement in the
36:Ibrahim El Bakraoui
18:Ibrahim el-Bakraoui
1295:Moroccan murderers
1290:Moroccan Islamists
1161:Khalid El Bakraoui
1025:Abdelhamid Abaaoud
842:(2018 docu-series)
809:Abdelhamid Abaaoud
742:Boulevard Voltaire
409:Het Laatste Nieuws
318:The New York Times
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1056:Ahmad Al Mohammad
1002:Brussels bombings
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778:Opération Chammal
347:Los Angeles Times
195:Philippe Moureaux
187:Freddy Thielemans
183:Kalashnikov rifle
179:currency exchange
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250:Netherlands
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48:Still from
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584:NBC News
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490:Archived
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278:See also
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