Brussels shooting raises fears over European fighters returning from Syria

The arrest of the Franco-Algerian Mehdi Nemmouche on the 30 May 2014 in Marseilles on suspicion of killing three people in an attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels the previous week enhanced the fear of repercussions as European volunteer fighters returned from Syria.

On the 2 June 2014 it became clear that four people had been arrested in the Paris region and southern France, on suspicion of recruiting militants to fight in Syria.

Mehdi Nemmouche was charged on the 390 July 2014 with committing 'murder in a terrorist context', the Belgian prosecutor's office said.

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