AN ENDURING THREAT: EUROPE’S ISLAMIST TERROR NETWORKS THEN AND NOW :142 SMAIL and IBRAHIM FARISI Brothers charged in connection with the Brussels attacks. Smail (born 1984) and Ibrahim (born 1988) are linked to a house in Avenue des Casernes, Etterbeek, Brussels, raided 143 on 16 April 2016; was used by Khalid el-Bakraoui and Osama Krayem. Smail is believed to have rented the flat and his younger brother Ibrahim, to have cleaned it to remove evidence; Ibrahim denies his 144 involvement. YOUSSEF EL AJMI: Arrested on 17 June, El Ajmi (born 1985) is described as a childhood friend of Khalid el-Bakraoui who worked at Zaventem Airport, where he allegedly had access to aircraft. Messages between El Ajmi and el-Bakraoui related to aircraft heading to Israel, Russia and the US were found on 145 El Ajmi’s computer, and he was also alleged to have met el-Bakraoui at a flat in Etterbeek, Brussels. He 146 was charged with terrorist murder and participation in the activities of terrorist group on 18 June. ! ! 142 ‘Brussels jihadists: Belgian recruiter Zerkani given longer term’, BBC News, 14 April 2016, available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe- 36042877, last visited: 9 August 2016. 143 ‘Brussels bombings: Two more charged with 'terrorist murder', BBC News, 12 April 2016. 144 ibid. 145 ‘Attentats a Bruxelles: la detention de Youssef El Ajmi prolongee’, La Libre, 8 July 2016. 146 ‘Brussels bombing suspect Youssef EA formally charged by Belgian authorities’, The Guardian, 18 June 2016, available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/18/brussels-bombing-suspect-youssef-ea-formally-charged-by-belgian-authorities, last visited: 9 August 2016. ! ! 17 !