Flowers are seen near an Israeli flag at the entrance of the Jewish Museum in Brussels June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A 29-year-old Frenchman believed to have returned recently from fighting with Islamist militant rebels in Syria has been arrested for the killing of three people at Brussels’ Jewish Museum last month, prosecutors said on Sunday.
Mehdi Nemmouche was detained on Friday after a random check at a bus terminal in the French city of Marseille showed he was carrying a Kalashnikov rifle, another gun and ammunition similar to those used in the shooting last weekend, French and Belgian prosecutors said.
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