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

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.

Comments

So soon after the arrest of the Paris suspect

[rmdingler]

It smells like they went into execution mode as quickly as possible after the well-publicized arrest.

Perhaps anti-terror agencies could take a page from the narcotics police, where they may routinely quietly arrest a suspect to gain intel on his suppliers and customers.

Religious fundamentalists

[goose-incarnated]

Making God Proud Since ... well, forever.

Honestly? Islam needs to schism the way the Church did so that the crazies that are left are easily identified, and the moderates who don't think of violence in any practical way have their own IslamV2.0

Keep saying there's no Islamic terrorist problem

[PeeAitchPee]

I'll believe it when the Christians, Buddhists, and Jews start repeatedly shooting people and blowing themselves up because someone drew a fucking cartoon.

Re: It is not a justification for more surveillanc

[jez9999]

Consider this: the IRA used to ring ahead of time to warn people to get out because they had planted a bomb there.

They wanted to scare people and blow shit up, sure. But they wanted to AVOID killing people (including themselves).

Re:Don't take away everyone's freedom

[meta-monkey]

How about we start with Islam, and then see if we need to keep going?