Two days after bomb attacks at
Brussels airport and on a packed metro killed 31 people and injured
hundreds, a security guard who worked at a Belgian nuclear plant was
murdered and his pass was stolen, Belgian media reported on Saturday.
The French language Derniere Heure (DH) newspaper reported
the security guard's badge was de-activated as soon as it was
discovered he had been shot dead in the Charleroi region of Belgium and
his badge stolen.
A police spokeswoman said she could not comment because an investigation was ongoing.
In a nation on high alert following this week's attacks,
the report stokes fears about the possibility militants are seeking to
get hold of nuclear material or planning to attack a nuclear site.
On Thursday, DH had reported the suicide bombers who blew
themselves up on Tuesday originally considered targeting a nuclear site,
but a series of arrests of suspect militants forced them to speed up
their plans and instead switch focus to the Belgian capital.
Late last year, investigators found a video tracking the
movements of a man linked to the country's nuclear industry during a
search of a flat as part of investigations into the Islamist militant
attack on Paris on Nov. 13 that killed 130 people.
The video, lasting several hours, showed footage of the
entrance to a home in northern Belgium and the arrival and departure of
the director of Belgium's nuclear research program.
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