BRUSSELS, (ST) -The Italian Akai News Agency reported today the death of a 20-year old Belgian after entering Syria and joining the armed terrorist groups.
The agency quoted local sources as saying that the killed man ( Tareq) is a brother of a young man who was arrested last week upon his return from Syria , noting certified that the two brothers are members of a dismantled extremist cell called “A Sharia for Belgium.”
The issue of Belgian youths fighting in Syria raised vast controversy in the country ‘s political and people ‘s circles and the exposure of several ministers in the current Belgian government to harsh criticism over accusations to them for not moving in this regard.
The Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Rendsr and the Interior Minister Joel Malkih highly debated the issue of Europeans who leave to fight in Syria under the name of Jihad , but in vain.
The agency noted that number of Belgians who went to fight in Syria tolled 80 to 100, most of them are Belgian extremists .
T. Fateh