Police are not surprised by the deadly terrorist attack that occurred on Tuesday. They have been informing their superiors and authorities about the danger lurking in the Muslim conclave of Schaerbeek, which is located just 3 miles from the notorious Molenbeek section, known as a hotbed of Jihadi activism. The Paris terror mastermind was captured in the Schaerbeek enclave in Brussels. Police have voiced their frustration in trying to crack down on terrorism. They arrest terrorists on a regular basis but they are usually freed within hours. Even the Muslims who do not take part in Jihad will not speak to police, whom they hold in contempt.
‘Frankly I wasn’t surprised,’ a policewoman who wished to remain anonymous told MailOnline. ‘Nobody takes what happens in this district seriously. Every day we arrest well-known criminals and the next day they are back on the streets.
‘It is frustrating that we are doing our work but the justice system doesn’t back us up.
‘These people are not being prosecuted or fined, they are just being released. We arrest them and nothing happens to them.
‘One or two hours later they smile and mock us, believing they are on the winning side.’
The ‘lack of respect for police and for Belgium’ in the local multicultural community meant that the terror cell could operate without fear of being reported, she added.
This made Schaerbeek – which has been ‘off the radar’ for terror police – the ideal place for a deadly jihadi to hide out.
‘We have been asking for the higher authorities to take this district more seriously but it hasn’t happened,’ she said.
Her commanding officer, who also did not want to be named, agreed. ‘We have not been blind to the fact that something serious has been going on here,’ he said.
‘We have several people under surveillance but there are others that are unknown and blending in with the wall.
‘They are deeply embedded in the local community. They know each other and have family here, but nobody says anything.
It seems that Brussels and Belgian authorities have subscribed to the Obama terrorism philosophy. Until cities, states and countries realize that the cannot contain Islamic extremists, they will never be defeated and we will see more attacks like those in Paris and Brussels.