{"id":2552,"date":"2016-04-10T04:18:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T20:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/10\/mohamed-abrini-confesses-to-being-man-in-hat-in-brussels-airport-attack\/"},"modified":"2016-04-10T04:18:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T20:18:46","slug":"mohamed-abrini-confesses-to-being-man-in-hat-in-brussels-airport-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/10\/mohamed-abrini-confesses-to-being-man-in-hat-in-brussels-airport-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Abrini confesses to being &#039;man in hat&#039; in Brussels airport attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1efe691cf91f4b43ab909f87c6070127\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzA5LzQzLzFlZmU2OTFjZjkxLjZlOTkzLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/914d99ea\/540\/1efe691cf91f4b43ab909f87c6070127.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Mohamed+Abrini+confesses+to+being+%27man+in+hat%27+in+Brussels+airport+attack&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F09%2Fbrussels-mohamed-abrini-man-in-hat%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F09%2Fbrussels-mohamed-abrini-man-in-hat%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">After nearly three weeks of frantic searching, Belgian authorities announced Saturday they had finally arrested and identified the elusive &#8220;man in the hat&#8221; spotted alongside two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at Brussels Airport on March 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a terse evening statement, Belgium&#8217;s Federal Prosecution Office said recently detained Mohamed Abrini \u2014 the last identified suspect at large from the Nov. 13 Paris attacks \u2014 had confessed to being the vest- and hat-wearing man whose video image had been widely circulated by authorities.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/03\/23\/victims-brussels-attacks-belgium\/\">The victims of the Brussels attacks<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8220;After being confronted with the results of the different expert examinations, he confessed his presence at the crime scene,&#8221; the statement said.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/09\/brussels-mohamed-abrini-man-in-hat\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/belgium-terrorism\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Belgium Terrorism<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/belgium\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/brussels-explosions\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Brussels Explosions<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/brussels-terror-attacks\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Brussels Terror Attacks<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/brussels-attack\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Brussels Attack<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/f5wl6ADLwkM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly three weeks of frantic searching, Belgian authorities announced Saturday they had finally arrested and identified the elusive &#8220;man in the hat&#8221; spotted alongside two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at Brussels Airport on March 22. 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