Source: Paris, Brussels attackers sought to target Euro 2016

The cell that carried out the Paris and Brussels attacks sought to target the Euro 2016 soccer championships in France, ISIS terror suspect Mohamed Abrini has told interrogators, according to a source close to the investigation.

Investigators are working to verify Abrini's claims, the source told CNN.

In addition, a computer used by Brussels attackers Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui and found in a garbage bin outside the group's bomb factory contained a file of research indicating La Defense shopping mall in Paris and a Catholic association were additional potential targets, the source said.

The Euro 2016 tournament, slated to run from June 10 to July 10 in cities across France, is one of the biggest international sports spectacles in the world.

There were already fears about security at the championship. In November, the same cell carried out three suicide bombings outside the French national stadium while Germany was playing France. Eyewitness accounts obtained by CNN suggest the attackers tried but failed to get inside the stadium.

Abrini was one of six people detained in raids Friday across the Belgian capital. The Belgian federal prosecutor's office positively identified him as the third suspect in the March 22 Brussels Airport attack -- the "man in the hat."

He also has been tied through surveillance video and DNA to the terror attacks in Paris.

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