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Brussels Attack: ISIS Claims Responsibility, Third Suspect Wanted

13 dead, 35 injured in a series of explosions at airport and metro station in Brussels, Belgium.

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  • ISIS claims responsibility for three blasts which ripped through the Zaventem airport and Maelbeek Metro station in Brussels, Belgium.
  • 34 people have been killed in the blasts.
  • European Monuments Lit with Belgian National Colours
  • Police have issued a warrant against suspect seen at the airport.
  • British PM David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande call for an emergency meeting.
  • Public transportation system in Brussels is suspended.
  • Explosion at Brussels airport result of a suicide attack.
  • ISIS supporters praise blasts on social media.
  • PM Modi will be in Brussels and will meet his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel on 30 March.
  • Slovenian diplomat injured in Brussels blasts – Slovenian Foreign Minister.
1:50 AM , 23 Mar

Belgian Interior Minister Hints at Intelligence Underestimating the Threat

Belgium’s interior minister said that the authorities knew that some kind of extremist act was being prepared in Europe but that they were surprised by the scale of the attacks in Brussels.

It was always possible that more attacks could happen but we could have never imagined something of this scale.
Jan Jambon, Interior Minister, Belgium
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1:43 AM , 23 Mar

European Monuments Lit with Belgian National Colours

Some of Europe’s best-known monuments have been illuminated with Belgium’s national colours in a show of solidarity after the attacks in Brussels.

At nightfall Tuesday, the Eiffel Tower in Paris lit up in the black, yellow and red colors of the Belgian flag.

13 dead, 35 injured in a series of explosions at airport and metro station in Brussels, Belgium.
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated with the Belgium national colors black, yellow and red in honor of the victims. (Photo: AP)

Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate was also lit up in Belgian colors. A few blocks away, some people laid flowers and lit candles outside the Belgian Embassy.

13 dead, 35 injured in a series of explosions at airport and metro station in Brussels, Belgium.
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated with the Belgium national flag in reaction to the Brussels attacks. (Photo: AP)

In Italy, Rome’s Trevi Fountain joined in the show of Belgium’s national colors.

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11:10 PM , 22 Mar

US Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, in CNN interview, said that to do anything that implies the US is at war with an entire religion is “not only wrong but dangerous”.

10:31 PM , 22 Mar

Police Warrant Against Airport Suspect

Brussels police issue wanted notice for the terror suspect for bombing Zaventem airport in the city.

Calling for information they issued a photograph of a man, dressed in white and wearing a hat, pushing a luggage trolley.

The Zaventem airport in Brussels will be closed on Wednesday, the airport CEO has said, after the series of attacks in Brussels.

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Published: 22 Mar 2016, 2:02 PM IST
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