Belgian Bomber Leaves Note Before Deadly Attack Saying “I Don’t Know What To Do”

Bomber Brahim El Bakraoui in the middle of this picture (Rex Pictures)

One of the suicide bomber brothers who attacked Brussels Airport left a note before his deadly attack, claiming: “I don’t know what to do.”

The note was found on a computer in a bin belonging to one of the bombers, Brahim El Bakraoui, Belgian prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Bakraoui was among those though to have carried out the deadly attack on the airport in the Belgian capital as part of coordinated attacks that left at least 31 people dead and almost 300 injured.

His brother attacked a Metro station at almost the same time.

Soldier in a Brussels street (Rex Pictures)

Prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said Bakraoui, a Belgian, was identified as having carried out the suicide attack at the airport by his fingerprints.

He said a note was found on a computer in a bin during a raid in Schaerbeek in which El Bakraoui wrote: “Being in a hurry, I don’t know what to do, being searched for everywhere, not being safe, if it drags on it could end up with me in a prison cell next to him”, which French media have reported is a reference to suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam.

Victim: Peruvian woman Adelma Marina Tapia Ruiz (Rex Pictures)

Mr Van Leeuw confirmed that Belgian national Brahim El Bakraoui was one of the men pictured in a photo from Brussels airport issued by police on Tuesday.

He added the man to the left of the picture has not yet been identified and the man to the right, dressed in a white jacket and hat, is subject of a manhunt.

A candlelight vigil in Brussels (Rex Pictures)

Ibrahim’s brother, Khalid El Bakraoui, 27, also a Belgian national, was named by Mr Van Leeuw as having carried out the bomb attack on a train at Maelbeek station.