'Mastermind' of Paris spoke of planning Belgian attacks

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the man named as the chief planner of the Paris attacks, was recently interviewed in Islamic State propaganda magazine Dabiq. In it, he claims to have tried several times to enter Europe, finally managing to get into Belgium where he and others set up a base with weapons to plan attacks. The cell was apparently broken up by police, and Abaaoud says he fled to Syria.

Belgian police said today he was supected of involvement in the planning of the attack on a train in August, which was foiled by passengers after a man burst into a carriage with a Kalashnikov-style rifle.

Abaaoud, who is believed to be in Raqqa, uses the nom de guerre Abu Umar al-Baliki - 'the Belgian'.