Brussels bomber brothers were on US terror list, says report
The report cited two unnamed US officials as saying that Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui were listed as a "potential terror threat" in US databases but that they would not specify on "which of the many US terrorism databases the brothers were listed."
The National Counterterrorism Center, which coordinates US intelligence on extremist threats, did not respond to requests for comment from AFP.
Prior to the deadly attacks, the Belgian brothers had long rap sheets with criminal convictions related to carjackings, robberies and shoot-outs with police.
Details now emerging show that the three Brussels attackers were known to Belgian authorities but somehow able to slip through security.
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