One 35-pound bomb in Brussels attack failed to go off; suicide note found

Source: USA Today

Authorities caught a big break when a taxi driver who saw the surveillance photo in the media came forward to direct them to a house in the Brussels neighborhood of Schaerbeek where they discovered a bomb-making factory, complete with explosives, chemicals and nails used as shrapnel. They also found an Islamic State flag. While scouring the neighborhood, police also found in a trash can the computer containing a suicide note from Ibrahim El Bakraoui.

In the note, which was also written as a partial last will and testament, El Bakraoui expressed concern that he might get caught in a manhunt spawned by last week's arrest in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, who police say confessed to his role in the Paris attacks in November that killed 130 people.

Abdeslam's lawyer said his client is cooperating with police. Belgian authorities said Abdeslam planned to commit another attack and had a large network of associates.

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