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Post by istersay on Mar 22, 2016 14:29:29 GMT
Brussels Attacks: What We Know and Don’t Know • What happened?Two explosions, at least one caused by a suicide attack, in the departure hall at Brussels Airport killed at least 14 people just before 8 a.m. local time, or 3 a.m. Eastern time. About an hour later, an explosion at the Maelbeek subway station in central Brussels, not far from the European Union’s core institutions, killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 106. • Was it terrorism?Officially, Prime Minister Charles Michel of Belgium said there was no information about whether the attacks were related to the arrest last week of the main surviving suspect in the assaults in and around Paris last year that killed 130 people. The timing was noted by officials. “We were fearing terrorist attacks, and that has now happened,” Mr. Michel said. The suspect arrested on Friday, Salah Abdeslam, is believed to be the sole survivor of the 10 men who were directly involved in the Paris attacks on Nov. 13. • Why Brussels?In addition to being the seat of European Union government and the capital of Belgium, Brussels has become a focus of counterterrorism investigations, notably since the Paris attacks. Officials have also been concentrating on a particular Brussels neighborhood in an investigation of an Islamic State recruitment network. • Who did it?No claims of responsibility have been reported. www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/world/europe/brussels-attacks-what-we-know-and-dont-know.html?_r=0
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Post by istersay on Mar 22, 2016 15:26:08 GMT
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Post by istersay on Mar 22, 2016 15:26:40 GMT
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Post by Zombie Mel on Mar 22, 2016 19:20:58 GMT
Prayers for Brussels
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