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2023-10-25 10:15:09

On October 16, Abdesalem Lassoued shot dead two Swedish football fans who came to support their national team in Brussels, and seriously injured a third. The weapon used by the attacker, an American AR-15, is a weapon that has become very popular over the past two decades, primarily as a “sporting rifle“semi-automatic. On the evening of the attack, Lassoued was also carrying two other firearms.

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2023-10-25 09:11:39

Palestinian, aged 23, allegedly told Fedasil he intended to “die a martyr by blowing himself up”, writes The last news this Wednesday.

The man submitted an asylum application in Belgium on September 26. He was scheduled to appear once more the next day, but this was not the case. He ultimately did not go to Fedasil’s offices on Tuesday and reportedly expressed his desire to die as a martyr, mentioning that he had learned that his entire family had died in Gaza.

Following this statement, the young Palestinian was immediately reported nationally, triggering a manhunt by all police units in the country. The Brussels public prosecutor’s office confirms having been informed of the facts, but nevertheless specifies that “no comments will be made. »

The police do not give any indication of the level of dangerousness of the man and how serious these threats are. However, in view of the current context and the attack that occurred last Monday during which two Swedes lost their lives, the police forces are not taking any risks. Threat Level 3, indicating a serious threat, is currently in effect.

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2023-10-25 04:32:42

The Shenzhou-VIX astronauts will return to Earth on October 31 and are expected to obtain a full picture of the space station assembly with the Earth as the background for the first time – Xinhuanet

Xinhua News Agency, Jiuquan, October 25th: “After completing the on-orbit rotation mission with the Shenzhou 17th astronaut crew, the Shenzhou 16 astronaut crew aims to return to the Dongfeng Landing Site on October 31.”

This was introduced by Lin Xiqiang, spokesman for the China Manned Space Program and deputy director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office, at the press conference on the Shenzhou 17 manned mission held on the morning of the 25th.

The Shenzhou 16 mission is the first manned mission following China’s manned space project entered the space station application and development stage. Lin Xiqiang introduced that at present, the on-orbit work is progressing smoothly. With the close cooperation between astronauts and ground scientific and technological personnel, space application projects are advancing steadily as planned, with a total of 70 projects in aerospace medicine, life ecology, biotechnology, materials science, and fluid physics. , fluid mechanics, aerospace technology and other space actual (experiments) and 8 human factors engineering technology studies, a large amount of experimental data has been obtained. Some experimental samples will go down with the Shenzhou 16 spacecraft, and some projects have achieved phased application As a result, the comprehensive benefits of the space station as a national space laboratory are gradually emerging. During the mission, they also successfully completed an astronaut extravehicular activity, a “Tiangong Classroom” space lecture, multiple payload extravehicles, and cooperated in completing the separation and evacuation of the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft.

“In particular, due to the limitations of the microgravity environment and the capacity of the space station, material management, a seemingly ordinary task on the ground, has become an increasingly prominent new problem.” Lin Xiqiang said, for this reason, the Shenzhou 16th crew and the ground In close collaboration, a plan was formulated to reduce the capacity and increase efficiency of on-orbit material management. Under the leadership of Commander Jing Haipeng, a total of regarding 850 materials were transferred, 135 pieces of material sorting information were fed back, and the space station’s orbit material inventory and inventory were fully completed. The organization work has given the space station a new look in terms of material storage status and information management, setting a benchmark for subsequent space station orbit material management.

Lin Xiqiang said that before the Shenzhou 16 crew returns, the astronauts will fly around the spacecraft with high-definition cameras to take pictures of the space station assembly, depending on the lighting conditions. It is expected to obtain a full picture of the space station assembly with the earth as the background for the first time in orbit. This will It will be the first “working photo” that reflects the full configuration of the space station. (Reporters Li Bingxuan, Mi Siyuan, Huang Yichen)

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2023-10-25 09:35:44

As part of the investigation into the terrorist attack that occurred on October 16, 2023 in Brussels, a man was arrested this morning for questioning, the federal prosecutor’s office announced. The person will be interviewed during the day by investigators on his possible involvement with the weapon used by Abdesalem Lassoued, an AR-15 type war weapon. The investigating judge will then decide whether to bring the suspect before him or whether an arrest warrant should be issued.

Abdesalem Lassoued shot dead two Swedish football fans last Monday and seriously injured another in Brussels with an American AR-15 assault rifle. There are many questions regarding this weapon, as it circulates quite rarely in criminal circles. “If it comes to assault rifles, we tend to see Kalashnikov or Scorpion type weapons, but an AR-15 type weapon is very rare,” explained to Evening the director of the Vlaams Vredesinstituut Nils Duquet. Indeed, the majority of weapons in circulation in our country, and in Europe, come from the former Yugoslavia, where the American assault rifle was not used.

The weapon of war – an M4, a type of AR-15 inspired by the M16, according to the police file drawn up following the neutralization of the assailant – was finally found almost thirteen hours following the first shots, in a bag belonging to the perpetrator of the attack. Several hypotheses exist as to how the weapon ended up in the hands of the perpetrator of the attack. The most likely being a theft somewhere in Europe and a purchase on the black market.

Also read The AR-15 of the author of the Brussels attack: enigma surrounding a “rare” weapon

The investigation is underway to determine how the terrorist obtained the weapons he had (an assault rifle and three pistols).

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