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What we know so far There were two explosions at around 08:00 (07:00 GMT) at Zaventem airport as people queued to check in Belgian broadcaster VRT says at lea
by abhi3 11y ago
What we know so far
There were two explosions at around 08:00 (07:00 GMT) at Zaventem airport as people queued to check in
Belgian broadcaster VRT says at least 13 people were killed and 35 were wounded at the airport
Shots were heard before the explosions, which appear to have struck near the American Airlines and Brussels Airline check in desk
Some time later there was also a blast at Maalbeek metro station, very close to the city's main European Union buildings
The Belgian government has raised the terror alert level to 4 across the country, the highest level
- Kiro 11y agoI don't know where you get your summary from but it's old. It has been explosions at 4 metro stations.
- staz 11y agoAs of now there is nothing confirmed about that. It still one metro station according to most Belgian media
- viraptor 11y agoThere's some people saying there was an explosion at Schuman station, but actually the only confirmed thing I could find about it was a picture of people evacuating via Schuman, because they were already underground. (https://twitter.com/evanlamos/status/712194836649082880 https://twitter.com/evanlamos/status/712194836649082880)
- jzwinck 11y agoWhat use is raising the terrorism alert level after an attack has occurred? Doesn't it sort of fulfill the terrorists' wishes by inflicting economic damage well beyond the physical attack?
- unchocked 11y agoThey use follow-on attacks as a tactic.
- ekianjo 11y agoBecause we don't know if it's the end of the attacks yet.
- davrosthedalek 11y agoTwo reasons: Follow-up attacks, as others have noted, and it makes it easier to catch them.