(VOVworld) - Swedish national Osama Krayem, charged in connection with the Brussels bombings, has also been charged with the Paris attacks, according to prosecutors.

Osama Krayem’s lawyer outside the courthouse in Brussels (Photo: AFP)

23-year-old Krayem was charged on 9 April with “terrorist murders” in last month’s suicide blasts in the Belgian capital. The new charges reflect growing links discovered between the Brussels attackers and those who carried out November’s jihadi carnage in Paris. Osama Krayem, whose alias is Naim Al Ahmed, was met by Salah Abdeslam, a major suspect in the Paris attack, in Ulm, Germany. Krayem is suspected of buying the travel bags used in the Brussels bombings.