Abrini: From petty criminal to Brussels attacks ‘man in hat’

PARIS (AFP) – Mohamed Abrini, who has admitted being the “man in the hat” captured on CCTV before the Brussels airport bombings, is a long-time petty criminal who grew up with Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam in Belgium’s troubled Molenbeek area. Nicknamed “Brioche” after his days working in a bakery, Abrini is thought to have given…