Brussels Belguim Attacked

The airport and the metro have been attacked with blasts. At least 31 are dead.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35869254

 

Grim. Hard to know what to say. Or where this is all going to end.

 

I can't believe it. So sad.

 

This is a news thread.

News only.

 

What's so different about Belgium? So much ISIS activity these days.

 

It could be the refugee "crisis" was engineered as a smokescreen to enable jihadists to sneak in and embed deeply. Expect more of this.

 

Photo shows two men in dark clothes suspected of carrying out attacks while the man in the hat is on the run.


http://news.sky.com/story/1664931/brussels-attacks-suspects-on-cctv-at-airport

 

The perpetrators opened fire in the airport before they ever set off the bombs.


The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying its extremists opened fire in the airport and "several of them" detonated suicide belts.
Some of the 96 people injured in the airport blasts suffered fractures and deep cuts caused by flying glass and nails, suggesting the bombs had been packed to cause maximum damage. http://news.sky.com/story/1664931/brussels-attacks-suspects-on-cctv-at-airport

 

Summary

• There were two explosions at Brussels Zaventem Airport at around 7am UK time.
• About an hour later there was an explosion on the Metro at Maelbeek station, near the city’s EU quarter.
• The death toll is at least 34. Fourteen people are reported to have been killed at the airport and 20 in the explosion on the Metro.
• The attacks are believed to have injured around 170 people. Of those at least one is
• British and was injured at the airport, Downing Street said.
• The attack at the airport targeted an American Airlines desk and was probably carried out by a suicide bomber, Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said.
• Local media reported that shouts in Arabic were heard during the attack at the airport.
• Two Kalashnikov rifles were found in the airport departure lounge after the attacks, a European security official said.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/22/two-loud-explosions-heard-at-brussels-airport-5766899/#ixzz43eZAOtda

 

American Airlines desk.

Great.

 

Check it out. The guys in black each have a black glove on their left hand. CNN reported that these gloves were thought to contain detonation devices.

 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/brussels-bomb-suspect-arrested-belgian-newspaper/ar-BBqLxXn?li=BBnb7Kz

[SIZE=16pt]3rd Brussels bomb suspect arrested -Belgian newspaper[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]BRUSSELS, March 23 (Reuters) - A prime suspect in Tuesday's Brussels bombings, Najim Laachraoui, was arrested on Wednesday in the city's Anderlecht district, Belgian newspaper DH said on its website.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]Police were hunting him as a man seen with suspected suicide bombers at Brussels airport. (Reporting by Alastair Macdonald; Editing by Julia Fioretti)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14pt]This is breaking news. Check back for more details. [/SIZE]


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They just caught one of the attackers of the terrorist attacks in Paris in Belgium the other day. That guy seems to be ready to do some talking. Belgium government and media were celebrating this catch. Could be a reaction to that.

 

love and healing wins..

 

Belgium nowadays has become a police state,army all over,police all over...walk today with a small rucksack through Brussels and they might stop and search you?today getting into Central station Brussels is like going through an airport security check..i got fed up with religion,politics,hate and fear..
you know?next week friday i have a flight from Brussels airport towards Japan...nobody can guarantee that Brussels airport will go into operation..
well...i am keen to go on my trip and I know my way around Brussels airport...i'll see what i do...
since my main flight is Frankfurt-Osaka...i might consider going by train from Liege towards Frankfurt airport..no problem...
now...all this paranoia going on here...i often ask myself...what's the real reason?

what do you guys think about this you tube...harsh language...but?
any comments?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/jWjN48_Zx3E

 

Tiger, I'm glad to know you weren't using the metro or the airport during the attacks.

 

I dread to see the latest forms of airport security fascism that will inevitably arise from all this

 

Now I know why my trip to the middle east was delayed. When will we say "enough"?

 

[SIZE=16pt]Brussels Attackers Linked to Suspected Nuclear Plot[/SIZE]


[SIZE=12pt]The two brothers who helped carry out the attacks in Brussels this week that killed dozens and wounded hundreds reportedly were also involved in the secret videotaping of a Belgian nuclear scientist, a development that has raised fears the extremists were seeking to secure radioactive material for a dirty bomb.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Reports surfaced in February that a police search of the apartment of a suspected participant in the November Paris attacks yielded roughly 12 hours of video footage surveilling the home of the director of research for the Belgian nuclear program. The footage is now believed to have been recorded by Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui, according to information obtained by Belgian newspaper Derniere Heuere.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Authorities speculated that extremists may have been plotting to kidnap the scientist and attempt to use him to infiltrate a nuclear research facility. The surveillance video includes footage of the director's front door and a local bus stop.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Jan Jambon, Belgium's interior minister, told the parliament that the ministry determined there was a threat to the person, not the nuclear facility, according to a February report raising concerns that the attackers may have planned to use the director to secure radioactive material in order to build a dirty bomb.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]In response to reports about the suspected plot to access a nuclear facility, Belgium added military guards to its nuclear power plants. A Belgian prosecutor reportedly insisted on not releasing the identities of those involved for security reasons and to avoid endangering the subsequent inquiry.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/brussels-attackers-linked-to-suspected-nuclear-plot/ar-BBqTd8A?li=BBnb7Kz[/SIZE]



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