Statement: President José Manuel Barroso’s message after the shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels

President José Manuel Barroso's gave a strong message of condemnation after the shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels on the 24 May 2014.

On the 1 June 2014 the AFP news agency reported that a French citizen had been arrested. Mehdi Nemmouche, 29, was arrested at a train station in Marseille on the 30 May 2014.

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ESO: Background information: Belgian federal election, 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/belgian-federal-election-2014/

EurActiv, 25.05.14: Belgium elections marred by anti-Semitic attack http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/belgium-elections-marred-anti-semitic-attack-302357

The New York Times, 27.05.14: Chilling Images of Gunman at Brussels Jewish Museum http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/world/europe/chilling-images-of-gunman-at-brussels-jewish-museum.html

The Guardian, 27.05.14: Belgian police look into assassination theory in Jewish museum killings http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/27/belgium-assassination-theory-jewish-museum-killings

Euronews, 01.06.14: Main suspect in Brussels Jewish Museum shooting arrested http://www.euronews.com/2014/06/01/main-suspect-in-brussels-jewish-museum-shooting-arrested/

BBC News, 01.06.14: Brussels Jewish Museum killings: Suspect 'admitted attack' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27654505

Le Figaro, 01.06.14: Tighten security after Brussels attack (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE144359-Tighten-security-after-Brussels-attack

France24, 01.06.14: Brussels shooting suspect trained in Syria, Paris prosecutor says http://www.france24.com/en/20140601-video-brussels-museum-shooting-suspect-paris-arrest-syria/

BBC News, 04.06.14: Jewish Museum murders: Nemmouche refuses extradition http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27699216

Deutsche Welle, 05.06.14: Brussels Jewish Museum shooting suspect Nemmouche resists extradition to Belgium http://dw.de/p/1CCg5

Daily Telegraph, 23.07.14: Europe's Jewish population is scared (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE147364-Europe-s-Jewish-population-is-scared

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