© AP Photo/ Daniela Schwarzer
At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured in twin explosions at
Zaventem airport in Brussels.
People evacuated after the station filled with smoke, according to eyewitnesses.
The blasts in Brussels come just days after Salah Abdeslam, the mastermind behind the November Paris Attacks, was arrested in Belgium.
Belgian intelligence had advance knowledge of plans to carry out terrorist attacks in the country but was unaware of their time or location, the French BFMTV reported Tuesday, citing police sources.
Comment: The
Maalbeek metro station, close to the EU Commission and the Council of the European Union, was also hit, sending a very loud message to European elite. On a related note, these attacks come shortly after the US urged Belgium to increase its
bombing campaign in Syria:
"There are MPs who want to go further, e.g. in Libya. We must start a debate on all these topics: on where and how we shall combat IS."
In the end this is yet another tragedy that the world can thank the US and its disastrous 'war on terror' for.
Comment: The Maalbeek metro station, close to the EU Commission and the Council of the European Union, was also hit, sending a very loud message to European elite. On a related note, these attacks come shortly after the US urged Belgium to increase its bombing campaign in Syria: In the end this is yet another tragedy that the world can thank the US and its disastrous 'war on terror' for.