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             European Parliament Janitor a Brussels Airport Bomber

   by Aline Barros

   One of the Brussels attackers worked as a cleaner at the European
   Parliament in the summer of 2009 and 2010.

   Parliament spokesman Jaume Duch Guillot said the individual did not
   have a criminal record at the time, but he did not name which Brussels
   attacker worked at the parliament.
   A Guillot statement said,  "As a student, he held a summer holiday job
   cleaning at the parliament for one month in 2009 and one in 2010.  As
   required by the contract, the cleaning firm submitted proof of the
   absence of a criminal record."
   NBC News reported a police source said the janitor was Najim
   Laachraoui, who blew himself up last month at the Brussels airport.
   Officials also believe he made the bombs for the Paris attack last
   November.

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   Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel said Wednesday the country made
   mistakes in handling violent extremism.
   "In the fight against terrorism, in all countries in the world and in
   Europe, there have been successes and the have been failures," Michel
   said.  Michel also rejected the idea that Belgium has become a "weak
   link" in the fight against terrorism.
   The March 22 attacks on the Brussels airport and metro killed 32
   people, along with three bombers.

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