Brussels Terrorists Switched Target From France as Police Neared
- Probe's progress prompted sudden change in terror tactics
- `Man in hat' suspect charged over Brussels, Paris attacks
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The terrorists who struck Brussels last month had been plotting a fresh attack in France, but changed their plans as the police were closing in on them, Belgian prosecutors said.
The gang whose members allegedly included Mohamed Abrini, the “man in the hat” Brussels airport bombing suspect now in police custody, switched targets to hit Brussels four days after the arrest of one of its members. The death toll in the March 22 attacks at the airport and a downtown subway station was 32.