- Title: Brussels Jewish museum commemorates shooting victims
- Date: 24th May 2016
- Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (MAY 18, 2016) (REUTERS) BELGIAN FLAG AND BANNER, READING (Dutch/French): "Jewish Museum of Belgium" WREATH ON DISPLAY DURING COMMEMORATION OF BRUSSELS' JEWISH MUSEUM ATTACK COMMEMORATION IN PROGRESS CHIEF RABBI OF BELGIUM, ALBERT GUIGUI, AND ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF YPRES, JEAN KOCKEROLS, ATTENDING CEREMONY PEOPLE ATTENDING COMMEMORATION CEREMONY MEMBERS OF AUDIENCE WOMAN ATTENDING COMMEMORATION CEREMONY GUIGUI RECITING VERSES IN HEBREW, KOCKEROLS AND PRESIDENT OF THE MUSLIM EXECUTIVE OF BELGIUM, SALAH ECHALLAOUI, STANDING BY MEMBERS OF AUDIENCE WEARING KIPPAH NAMES OF THE MAY 24, 2014 ATTACK AT JEWISH MUSEUM PRINTED ON SIGN MUSLIM CLERIC CHANTING QURAN SURAH WOMAN LISTENING CLERIC CHANTING WOMAN WEARING ISLAMIC HEAD VEIL LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (French) CHIEF RABBI OF BELGIUM, ALBERT GUIGUI, SAYING: "This is about not forgetting the memory of the victims of terror. If we meet today, it's to live again their memory and to say that the civilian and religious worlds do not forget them. Beyond this reason, our goal today is to send a message to the world - especially to terrorists - to tell them that we are all united to fight against all forms of terrorism." PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE BRUSSELS' JEWISH MUSEUM GUIGUI, KOCKEROLS AND ECHALLAOUI ATTENDING COMMEMORATION CEREMONY OUTSIDE MUSEUM COMMEMORATIVE PLATE DEDICATED TO THE FOUR VICTIMS OF THE MARCH 24 ATTACK HUNG ON JEWISH MUSEUM FACADE MAN LIGHTING CANDLE AND LYING IT BELOW COMMEMORATIVE PLATE WOMAN LYING CANDLE BELOW PLATE CANDLES ON GROUND CANDLES AND WREATH BELOW PLATE
- Embargoed: 8th June 2016 21:00
- Keywords: Belgium Brussels Attack Jewish Museum Chief Rabbi Guigui
- Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- City: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- Country: Belgium
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
- Reuters ID: LVA0014J65T8J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A commemoration ceremony was held at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Tuesday (May 24), two years after a shooting that left four people dead.
Organised by the museum, the commemoration was attended by the Chief-Rabbi of Belgium, Albert Guigui, the head of the Muslim Executive in Belgium, Salah Echallaoui and the Bishop of Ypres, Jean Kockerols and featured religious chants in Hebrew and Arabic.
Guigui said the ceremony was about remembering the victims and sending "a message to the world - especially to terrorists - to tell them that we are all united to fight against all forms of terrorism," he said.
Under heavy police and military surveillance, religious officials and some fifty guests later laid candles below a plate commemorating the victims.
French national Mehdi Nemmouche, is suspected to have opened fire in the museum on May 24, 2014 with a Kalashnikov rifle, killing an Israeli couple, a French woman and a Belgian man.
Nemmouche, who is believed to have spent the year 2013 fighting in Syria, was caught in Marseilles shortly after the attack and was extradited to Belgium in July 2014. He is currently jailed in Bruges awaiting trial.
The Brussels attack is generally seen as the first in the series of attacks in Europe linked to Islamic State.
A French journalist who was held hostage for months in Syria has said that Nemmouche was one of his captors. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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