Museum shooting suspect 'had been in Syria'

A Frenchman arrested over killings at a Belgian Jewish museum had travelled to Syria and claimed responsibility for the shootings in a video, prosecutors said today.

Museum shooting suspect 'had been in Syria'
Sun, 01 Jun, 2014 - 16:13

A Frenchman arrested over killings at a Belgian Jewish museum had travelled to Syria and claimed responsibility for the shootings in a video, prosecutors said today.

Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said the suspect had tried to film the killings on May 24 but his camera failed.

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