RSSTerror Attack in Brussels, Belgium … Bomb Explosions at the Zaventem Airport and Maalbeck Metro, At Least 28 People Dead (VIDEO)
BREAKING NEWS … Two bomb blasts tore through the departures area of Zaventem airport shortly after 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT).
Terrorist bomb explosions have taken place at the Zaventem Airport and at the Brussels metro. It is suspected that the explosion at the airport was a result of a suicide bomber. Also, another bomb went off a sort time later at the Maalbeck metro station. The AP is reporting that at least 28 people are dead and many more injured.
The Belgian Prime Minister, Charles Michel said speaking after the attacks.“Our fears have become reality.”
Many people have been killed or seriously injured in terrorist attacks at Brussels international airport and a city metro station, Belgium’s PM says.
Two explosions hit Zaventem airport at about 07:00 GMT, and another struck Maelbeek metro station an hour later.
The government has not confirmed casualty numbers. Brussels transport officials say 15 died at Maelbeek and media say up to 13 died at the airport.
Belgium has now raised its terror threat to its highest level.
UPDATE I: Explosions rock Brussels airport, subway; 28 reported dead.
Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the Belgian capital and heightened security across Europe. At least 28 people were reported dead.
A spokesman for the Brussels Metro said 15 people were killed and 55 injured in an explosion on a train, and Belgian media reported at least 13 dead in two explosions at the airport, with many others injured.
Belgium raised its terror alert to the highest level, diverting planes and trains and ordering people to stay where they were. Airports across Europe immediately tightened security.
“We are at war,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said after a crisis meeting called by the French president. “We have been subjected for the last few months in Europe to acts of war.”
European security officials have been bracing for a major attack for weeks, and warned that the Islamic State group was actively preparing to strike. The arrest Friday of a key suspect in the November attacks in Paris heightened those fears, as investigators said many more people were involved than originally thought, and that some are still on the loose.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Tuesday’s attacks, and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said there was no immediate evidence linking key Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam to them. After his arrest Friday, Abdeslam told authorities he had created a new network and was planning new attacks.
Belgian media reported that 13 people were killed at the airport, where two explosions splattered blood across the departure lounge and collapsed the ceiling. The explosions hit during the busy morning rush. Smoke was seen billowing out of the terminal.
UPDATE II: Brussels Airport and Metro Explosions.
Authorities confirmed an explosion at Maalbeck metro station killed 15 people and injured 55 others.
At least 1 fatality ocurred at the airport, federal police told NBC News. Health Minister Maggie de Block told a journalist with the Belga News Agency that the explosions at the airport killed at least 11 people and wounded 81. NBC News was not immediately able to confirm the report.
All trains, planes, trams and buses were halted in Brussels. The main Midi train station was evacuated.
Sunita Van Heers had come to the train station after seeing the metro was on lockdown. Then police evacuated the station.
“Everybody started panicking, crying, not knowing what was happening,” she said, describing how police ordered people away from the station. “It’s scary.”
UPDATE III: Well Its about time Western Europe Admits they are at War.
“We are at war,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said after a crisis meeting called by the French president. “We have been subjected for the last few months in Europe to acts of war.”
European security officials have been bracing for a major attack for weeks, and warned that the Islamic State group was actively preparing to strike. The arrest Friday of a key suspect in the November attacks in Paris heightened those fears, as investigators said many more people were involved than originally thought, and that some are still on the loose.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Tuesday’s attacks, and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said there was no immediate evidence linking key Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam to them. After his arrest Friday, Abdeslam told authorities he had created a new network and was planning new attacks.
Posted March 22, 2016 by Scared Monkeys Act of War, Belgium, ISIS, Islam/Muslims, Islamist, Islamofascist, Jihad, Radical Islam, Suicide Bombers, Terrorism, War on Terror | 2 comments |
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All government people in Western Nations should be required to read the Koran with special emphasis on the last chapter. This book explains the hate that Muslims have for those who do not believe as they do.
Any group who believes as Muslims do should not be allowed into any country where Christians and other religions are practiced in peace. Islam is not a religion, it is a cult of hate that operates as a political organization disguising itself as a religion.
The Western nations will be at risk for death and destruction as long as this cult exists.
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