and fingerprints. look to see if anything was left behind. a computer or phone or anything else. it is not clear at this point whether this is a furnished apartment or unfurnished apartment. we have to wait and see. that apartment is being searched. samy amimour s apartment is being searched. i was there yesterday. a lot of police presence as they try to piece together not only how they were doing this, but the wider network. it is unclear with the links to syria how big a group is here in europe. a dark period in terms of communications with the terrorists and period leading up to the attacks. fred, thank you. and the foreign minister of belgium was talking to us yesterday saying we are quite sure it is a larger group of individuals connected to the attacks. in the united states, security is stepped up in washington after isis apparently threatened to carry out an attack there.
something suspicious, one that we know, samy amimour from the bataclan, his parents have gone to police to try to get him out of syria. his mother warned the local police. my son has gone nuts. he has been radicalized. he was on the list of the 11,000 of people under watch. you know, how much more of a warning can you expect to have and how much more can people do than his own mother go to the police and say i m worried this guy is going into terrorism. he was able to carry out the attack. ivan, jim has told us here in france there are 11,000 people with some possible terrorist ties. can you explain to us what the nexus is with belgium and brussels? and particularly the neighborhood where you are? why is that such the epicenter now? reporter: yeah, alisyn, per
procedures. europe s most wanted man. salah abdeslam. we know a car came to fetch him on saturday. he was stopped by french authorities when the manhunt was under way. he was known to authorities, but not us. they checked his papers and within this area, he was known to authorities, he was not flagged out to french. that is one lapse involved. the others include two of the french citizens involved in the attacks. first identified is known to french security services. he was under surveillance. this guy traveled to syria and obviously came back completely undetected as did another of the attackers, samy amimour. he is known to french security services and under french
so far, abdeslam s brother rahim saved several children from a burning house a couple of years ago. he apparently was also a bar owner and known for liking the ladies. that didn t stop him from murdering people indiscriminately on the streets of paris on friday night. another, samy amimour had traveled to syria and back, and then omar us malmostefai had at least one child so it makes you wonder what was going through their minds. there were 128 raids across france overnight apparently according to media reports they believe they found the bombmaker in brussels, and seven attacks were thwarted since last summer. according to france s prime minister. seven attacks of the nature of friday s attacks. that is very significant, but also very chilling reminder of how much planning is going on out there by these jihadists.
costello. along with poppy harlow in paris. there are many questioning where intelligence authorities aren t watching more closely the attackers? after all the suspected ring leaders was featured in an isis magazine back in february claiming he had traveled to europe. at one point u.s. authorities raised the red flag. and then there is salah abdeslam on the loose. he was subject to a routine check in austria back in september and in february questioned by investigators. this is a man believed to have a radicalized his 13-year-old brew brother. and then samy amimour. his father even went to syria to bring his son back but was unsuccessful. in light of those possible intelligence failures, could such failures happen in the united states? with me now again from paris,