Belgian minister says many Muslims 'danced' after attacks

April 17, 2016 00:37

Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon said that a "significant" part of the Muslim population celebrated attacks, blaming the country's policies for failing to integrate migrants into society. He did not explicitly refer to last month's jihadist attacks on Brussels' airport and metro system that killed 32 people.

"A significant section of the Muslim community danced when attacks took place," Jambon said in an interview with the Flemish-language De Standaard newspaper.

The Belgian minister also accused Muslim residents of Brussels' largely immigrant Molenbeek neighbourhood of attacking police during an operation last month to arrest a suspect in connection with the deadly attacks in Paris last November.

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