Najim Laachraoui, one of the Brussels airport suicide bombers, has been identified by several Frenchmen held hostage by ISIS in Syria as one of their prison guards, AFP reports.

According a sources close to the investigation, four French journalists kidnapped in Syria in 2013 and 2014 had identified a guard known as "Abou Idriss."

One of these journalists, Nicolas Henin, "formally identified" Abou Idriss as Najim Laachraoui, said his lawyer Marie-Laure Ingouf, confirming reports in French newspapers.

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