March 23, 2016
By David Wroe
Belgium's violent Islamic(click here) extremism problem has reached such a scale it now appears to be beyond the ability of European authorities to control, terrorism experts have said in the wake of the latest bomb attacks in Brussels.
The co-ordinated attacks on the airport and train station in the Belgian capital were very likely carried out by jihadists who were part of the same extensive network as the Paris attackers, the experts said.
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs has urged people to "reconsider your need to travel" to Belgium - an escalation on its previous travel advice to show "a high degree of caution".
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop issued a swift condemnation of the attacks and said her department was "urgently seeking" to find out if any Australians were affected.
The fact that authorities were still failing to contain the wave of violent extremism even after the November Paris attacks and subsequent massive manhunt that netted the final Paris plotter, Salah Abdeslam, just five days ago suggested the problem was beyond the security agencies of Belgium and its neighbours, experts said....
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs has urged people to "reconsider your need to travel" to Belgium - an escalation on its previous travel advice to show "a high degree of caution".
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop issued a swift condemnation of the attacks and said her department was "urgently seeking" to find out if any Australians were affected.
The fact that authorities were still failing to contain the wave of violent extremism even after the November Paris attacks and subsequent massive manhunt that netted the final Paris plotter, Salah Abdeslam, just five days ago suggested the problem was beyond the security agencies of Belgium and its neighbours, experts said....
