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Black day for Belgium today, we got attacked by terrorists... Part of the article from the dailymail: Cowering under desks and running for their lives, this is the terrifying moment passengers were caught up in a suicide bomb attack at Brussels Airport today in a series of blasts that have killed at least 34 people and injured 170 across the city. Witnesses described apocalyptic scenes with blood and 'dismembered bodies everywhere' after two blasts rocked the terminal at around 8am (7am GMT), killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens of others. Then 79 minutes later at 9.19am, at least 20 people were killed and scores injured, some critically, when a blast hit a Metro station just 400 metres from the EU headquarters in the city centre. There were also reports the Tihange nuclear power plant, around 90km from the capital, is being evacuated of all non-essential staff as Belgium raised security to its maximum level. At the airport, there were reports of a firefight between police and the attackers who shouted in Arabic moments before detonating their bombs. An unexploded suicide vest was later found in the rubble and a Kalashnikov rifle beside the body of a dead terrorist. The blasts, which detonated near the American Airlines and Brussels Airlines check-in desks, sent shockwaves through the terminal building, shattering windows and knocking roof tiles off the ceiling as terrified passengers ran for their lives. The explosions, coming just four months after the Paris attacks, have left countries around the world reeling, with security services placed on high alert, flights cancelled, Eurostar services suspended and France's border with Belgium shut down. Two suspects were arrested a mile from the Maelbeek metro station at around 11am as hundreds of troops and police flooded the streets of Brussels in the hunt for members of the terror cell. Soldiers have been also been deployed at the airport and other key locations across the capital. The bombings come just a day after the Belgium Interior Minister warned of possible revenge attacks after the arrest of Paris massacre suspect Salah Abdeslam in the city on Friday. Full article and lots of pictures and videos of the chaos can be found here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3503928/Two-explosions-heard-Brussels-Airport.html I feel sadness, shock and disbelief, my thoughts go out to the families of the victims, dead or injured
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A powerful explosion has rocked a building in the Belgian town of Verviers, almost completely destroying its facade, local media report. It is not yet clear what caused the blast and if there have been any casualties. Witnesses have posted numerous photos on Twitter, which showed three floors of the building had been damaged. Some users suggested there might have been a gas explosion. At least 14 people have been injured in the incident, the RTL TV channel reported, adding that firefighters are currently working at the scene. “The neighboring houses were affected. Firefighters must first secure the area and will search the rubble," Muriel Targnion, the town’s mayor, said. Residents of nearby building have been evacuated, RTL added. Verviers, a town of about 55,000 people, has recently appeared in the headlines in connection with the mastermind of the Paris terror attacks in November. Abdelhamid Abaaoud was one of the leaders of a terrorist cell in the town. During a raid on the cell in January 2015, two of its members were killed. Abaaoud himself was killed during anti-terrorist raids in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis in November. Source https://www.rt.com/news/325801-belgium-verviers-blast-building/
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LIEGE, BELGIUM A man with a history of run-ins with the law lobbed three hand grenades and opened fire at a crowded central bus stop in Liege Tuesday, killing several people, wounding scores and creating a panic before killing himself, officials said. No motive was immediately established, though the Interior Ministry said it was not related to terrorism, for which European cities have long been on alert. Three victims died on the spot and at least one died later at a hospital, Belgian news reports said. The attacker was identified as Norodine Amrani, 33, of Liege, who had received a 58-month prison sentence for drug and gun offences in 2008. He had been summoned to appear before the police Tuesday, suggesting that his attack was some sort of desperate final lashing out. The reason for the questioning was not clear. The attack took place just after noon at a crowded bus stop in Place St.-Lambert, a hub of the Old City that hosts an annual Christmas market and is the site of a main courthouse building. Liege is in eastern Belgium and is the country’s third largest city, after Brussels and Antwerp. The police discovered Amrani’s van nearby and destroyed it, Daniele Reynders, the city prosecutor, said in a televised news conference. Reynders identified three of the people killed as “a 15-year-old — a young boy who died on the spot — a 17-year-old and a 75-year-old woman who died outside the court.” The Belgian news media reported that a 20-year-old man later died in a hospital and that a 2-year-old girl was in critical condition, with some saying she had died. Witnesses told the Belgian news media that the assailant had hurled explosives from a platform above a bakery. A police official told The Associated Press on Tuesday evening that at least 123 people were wounded. By midafternoon, Peter Mertens, an Interior Ministry official, confirmed that there had been only one attacker and that he had died at the scene. The office of Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said he would meet with emergency and law enforcement officials. A witness in the square told RTL Television that he had seen a man throw grenades before firing haphazardly at the crowd with an assault rifle. When that weapon appeared out of bullets, “he took a revolver and he shot himself in the head,” the witness, who was not identified, told the broadcaster. New York Times - TheSpec
