May 20, 2016 8:09 PM

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Brother of Brussels bomber wins European Taekwondo title

Belgian Mourad Laachraoui, the younger brother of one of the Brussels airport bombers, has won gold in the European Taekwondo Championships. He will compete in this summer's Rio Olympics. Mourad Laachraoui, brother of Najim Laachraoui, beat Spaniard Jesus Tortosa 6-3 in the -54kg final in Montreux, Switzerland last night. A silver medallist at the Summer Universiades in 2015, the 21-year-old has qualified for the Rio Games in August.Najim Laachraoui, 24, was one of the two suicide bombers who struck Brussels airport on March 22, while a third attacker blew himself up at on a metro train, with the two attacks killing 32 people. Two days after the Brussels attacks, Mourad Laachraoui said he had been "devastated" by what had happened. He said he not had contact with his older brother since the latter left for Syria in February 2013.

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