 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Kuongororwa kwefoni yakaratidza kuti Abaaoud akanga achitaura naMehdi Nemmouche munaJanuary 2014. Nemmouche, mujihadist weFrance-Algeria, akapfura ndokuuraya vanhu vanapaMuseum yechiJudha muBrussels musi wa24 Chivabvu 2014. Zviremera zveBelgium zvinomufungira kuva akabetsera kuronga uye kutsigira mari sero rorutyo muVerviers. Nhengo idzi dzakapambwa musi wa15 Ndira 2015 uye nhengo mbiri dzedzinza racho dzakaurayiwa. Mukubvunzurudzwa ne Dabiq, magazini yeIslam State yeIraq neLevant ISIS, Abaaoud akazvirumbidza pasocial media nezvekuenda kuBelgium kunotungamira sero asi akatiza akadzokera kuSyria, akatomiswa nemupurisa uyo akamufananidza nemufananidzo asi asina kumuziva. Muna Chikunguru 2015, zvichitevera kurwiswa kweVerviers, akawanikwa aine mhosva mukusavapo uye akatongerwa makore makumi maviri mutirongo nemutongi weBelgian nekuronga hugandanga. 