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Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk)

Posted by timothy on from the bad-news-day dept.

SomeoneFromBelgium writes: This morning there was a double bomb explosion in Brussels, Belgium. In the National Airport entrance hall an estimated 13 people were killed by a big explosion; around the same time another bomb exploded in Metro station 'Maalbeek,' close to the financial district, killing an estimated 10 persons. Note: story updates bump this figure ot at least 34 deaths. Reader jones_supa adds Shots were fired and Arabic shouted before the blasts, suggesting a terrorist attack. Video and images on social media showed smoke rising from an airport building and shattered windows. Confused and shocked passengers fled the terminal to safety as they were evacuated by armed police. Footage showed rubbish littered across the floor. All traffic from and to the airport has been suspended. The airport is monitoring the situation closely and will deliver further announcements in Twitter. Update: 03/22 13:06 GMT by T : According to the New York Times and other sources, at least one of the explosions was set off by a suicide bomber. Slate has an actively updating stream of updates about the attack, too.

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  1. Probably Muslim extremists. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    We need to do a proper investigation to really understand who did what and why, but my initial suspicion is that it was Muslim extremists, likely related to the ISIS terrorists that operate in the Middle East.

  2. Re:It is not a justification for more surveillance by StikyPad · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's exactly why we need pre-airport security screening! How is this not obvious??? Oh sure, someone will say "but what about the vulnerability of the pre-airport security screening queue?" Well, obviously we just need a queue before that. It's queues all the way down. Just keep this between us though -- if the terrorists discover our methods, the terrorists win.

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  3. Re:It is not a justification for more surveillance by Soft · · Score: 4, Funny

    There was a nice comic about pre-security last summer after the Thalys train shooting. (In French, but self-explanatory.)

  4. Re:It is not a justification for more surveillance by jez9999 · · Score: 1, Funny

    OK, so how does Japan survive without becoming a 3rd world country? How about Australia? Wouldn't their border controls cause chaos?

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