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Belgium: Brussels airport CEO condemns 'cowardly' terror attacks
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22.03.2016
The CEO of Brussels international airport, Arnaud Feist, spoke to press outside the airport on Tuesday afternoon, addressing the terrorist attack that struck the airport that morning.
"Today is a black and very sad day for Brussels. And we are thinking, first of all, of the victims of these cowardly attacks, of their families and their friends. Brussels was struck at its heart," Feist said. He went on to explain that the closure of the airport, following the attack, had resulted in 600 flights being cancelled.
At least 14 people were killed and 81 injured in a bomb attack in the departure lounge of Brussels international airport on Tuesday morning. An hour later another explosion struck the Maelbeek metro station in Brussels city centre, killing at least 20 people and leaving dozens seriously injured.
The attacks occurred just four days after Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in November's jihadist attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, was captured by Belgian police in Brussels. The so-called Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Belgium's chief prosecutor has described the incidents as a "terrorist attack" and said that at least one of the bombings was likely the work of a suicide bomber. Belgium has now raised its terrorism threat to its highest level.
"Today is a black and very sad day for Brussels. And we are thinking, first of all, of the victims of these cowardly attacks, of their families and their friends. Brussels was struck at its heart," Feist said. He went on to explain that the closure of the airport, following the attack, had resulted in 600 flights being cancelled.
At least 14 people were killed and 81 injured in a bomb attack in the departure lounge of Brussels international airport on Tuesday morning. An hour later another explosion struck the Maelbeek metro station in Brussels city centre, killing at least 20 people and leaving dozens seriously injured.
The attacks occurred just four days after Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in November's jihadist attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, was captured by Belgian police in Brussels. The so-called Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Belgium's chief prosecutor has described the incidents as a "terrorist attack" and said that at least one of the bombings was likely the work of a suicide bomber. Belgium has now raised its terrorism threat to its highest level.
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