Al-Abqraoui was deported after being caught and went to Brussels. On March 22, 2016, he detonated a bomb he had tied to his body in Zaventem airport in Brussels. His brother Halid Al-Abqraoui had also detonated a bomb tied to his body in the subway in Brussels.
"Dadgehê karê xwe yê bingehîn nekir. Divêya dadgehê îtiraza ji bo tehlîyekirinê di qeydên dadgehê de bidaya nivîsîn lê dadgehê ev yek nekir. Me îtiraz kir. Vê carê jî em ê li Dadgeha Cezayên Giran a Enqereyê ya 3. îtirazê bikin."