Security officials say the many opportunities missed by Belgian authorities allowed an extraordinary terror network of suicide bombers, gunmen and bomb makers to stretch from Paris to Brussels operating from rented safe houses around both cities.
An anti-terror investigator with experience of both Belgium and France said: ‘The alarm bells should have sounded on so many occasions but the problem is linking all the pieces of information together. ‘There is no doubt that chances were missed to stop many of these men and, in time, the authorities will have to address this but for now they will be wondering how many more have slipped through the net and are planning their own attacks.’
An anti-terror investigator with experience of both Belgium and France said: ‘The alarm bells should have sounded on so many occasions but the problem is linking all the pieces of information together. ‘There is no doubt that chances were missed to stop many of these men and, in time, the authorities will have to address this but for now they will be wondering how many more have slipped through the net and are planning their own attacks.’
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