Nordine Amrani, the lone gunman who died after ******* three people and injuring scores in an ****** in a crowded Belgian square on Tuesday, had a long criminal record but was not known for violent crime.
The killer was named as Nordine Amrani, 33, a known criminal and ***-lover who launched his rampage for reasons that police were still trying to fathom.
They stressed that Amrani had no known links to terrorism or any history of mental illness or violent crime, but it did emerge that he was released on parole last year from a 58-month sentence for possessing a cache of weapons and 2,800 cannabis plants.
His victims were two teenage boys aged 15 and 17, a man aged 20 and a 75-year-old woman. A two-year-old girl later reportedly died of her wounds in hospital. The city's mayor said the teenagers were celebrating finishing their exams and were heading to the Christmas market when they were ******. The AFP news agency reported 123 injured.
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The killer was named as Nordine Amrani, 33, a known criminal and ***-lover who launched his rampage for reasons that police were still trying to fathom.
They stressed that Amrani had no known links to terrorism or any history of mental illness or violent crime, but it did emerge that he was released on parole last year from a 58-month sentence for possessing a cache of weapons and 2,800 cannabis plants.
His victims were two teenage boys aged 15 and 17, a man aged 20 and a 75-year-old woman. A two-year-old girl later reportedly died of her wounds in hospital. The city's mayor said the teenagers were celebrating finishing their exams and were heading to the Christmas market when they were ******. The AFP news agency reported 123 injured.
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