Two explosions tore through Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing 13 people in what Belgian public broadcaster VRT called a suicide attack, and a further blast struck a metro station in the capital shortly afterwards.
The Belga agency said shots were fired and there were shouts in Arabic shortly before two blasts rang out at the airport. Pictures on social media showed smoke rising from the terminal building through shattered windows and passengers running away down a slipway, some still hauling their bags.
All public transport in Brussels was shut down, as it was in London during 2005 militant attacks on the underground that killed 52. The Belgian Crisis Centre, clearly wary of a further incident, appealed to the population: "Stay where you are".
The blasts at the airport and metro station occurred four days after the arrest in Brussels of a suspected participant in November militant attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. Belgian police had been on alert for any reprisal action.
As the Spectator notes:
At least 13 dead after two explosions by ‘suicide bombers’ at American Airlines check-in desk at Brussels airport. 35 injured. Firemen are said to have found a third unexploded device.
Separate explosion at Maelbeek metro station in Brussels city centre, 500 metres from an EU institution. Brussels police have confirmed there have also been deaths.
Brussels airport and the city’s Metro have shut down. The airport will remain closed until 6am on Wednesday morning.All Eurostar trains to and from Brussels have been cancelled. All trains to Brussels stations from Paris have been cancelled.
The attacks come four days after the arrest in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, a suspected participant in November’s attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.
France has announced it is deploying an extra 1,600 police at its borders.We will update this story as more news becomes available.
Source: AAN
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ReplyDeleteObama keeps preaching that Muslims are a loving people. He also says that all Muslims are not terrorists but so far all terrorists have been Muslim.
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ReplyDeleteYep there is also NO such thing as a moderate Muslim also.
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The lower shore's asking for it to. Most of the new 400 chicken houses are being built by Muslims. What do you think they are doing this to make money! No! They are doing it because they see a "live" area to infiltrate. Live meaning a lot of "disenfranchised youth" to prey about and convert them. A lot of fools living around here who will complain after the fact but sit around doing not a thing to prevent.
If we had a real commander in chief that wasn't a Muslim terrorist sympathizer the next words out of his mout would be "hand me the nuclear launch codes".
ReplyDeleteInstead he wants to sit around and talk.
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2:06. What're you gonna do? Nuke Belgium?
ReplyDeleteIdiot this is going in in every European country theses idiot liberal countries are allowing Muslims to have there own Muslim areas and do not allow non Muslims in, these are Hot Beds for terrorism look at hamlet towers in England.
DeleteNo such thing as a moderate Muslim NONE
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