abdeslam ran les beguines café in rue des beguines , molenbeek , a poor district of brussels notorious for islamist extremism , from 2013 to august this year , when it was shut by the local commune due to drugs .
everyone , he was very generous .
brahim abdeslam 's journey from barkeeper to suicide bomber remains a mystery , along with the whereabouts of his younger brother salah , now on the run as europe 's most wanted man but until recently the manager of brahim 's bar , les beguines .
yet time in paris have said .
brussels two weeks ago , the mayor of molenbeek ordered the closure of a neighborhood bar , where drugs and smoking dope over the summer .
i used to go there every day after work , on my way home .
“ ibrahim used to go to parties , he would drink alcohol , smoke .
 
but he stopped drinking alcohol in the last year .