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Topic: BREAKING:Terrorattack at Brussels Airport
Conrad_73's photo
Tue 03/22/16 04:26 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/03/22/multiple-injuries-reported-after-explosions-at-brussels-aiport.html

BREAKING: At least 28 people were killed and dozens of others were injured after coordinated explosions rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday morning.

The attacks came four days after the main suspect in the November Paris attacks was arrested in Brussels. After his arrest, Salah Abdeslam told authorities he had created a new network and was planning new attacks. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Tuesday's attacks.

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel told a midday press conference that "what we feared has happened" and said his country faced "a tragic moment. We have to be calm and show solidarity.

The first two explosions rocked the departure hall at the Brussels airport shortly after 8 a.m. local time. (3 a.m. ET). Witnesses told The Associated Press that one occurred at an excess baggage payment counter and the other near a Starbucks cafe.

Reuters, citing the Belga news agency, reported that shots were fired and shouting in Arabic was heard before the explosions.

Zach Mouzoun, who arrived on a flight from Geneva about 10 minutes before the first blast, told BFM television that the second, louder explosion brought down ceilings and ruptured pipes, mixing water with blood from victims.

"It was atrocious. The ceilings collapsed," he said. "There was blood everywhere, injured people, bags everywhere."

"We were walking in the debris. It was a war scene," he said.

About 80 minutes after the airport blasts, another explosion was reported on a train that was stopped at the Maelbeek subway station, not far from the headquarters of the European Union. Rescue workers set up a makeshift treatment center in a local pub. Dazed and shocked morning travelers streamed from the metro entrances as police tried to set up a security cordon.

Brussels police spokesman Christian De Coninck said there were deaths at the station, but said he had no idea how many were killed.

Alexandre Brans, 32, who was wiping blood from his face, said: "The metro was leaving Maelbeek station when there was a really loud explosion. It was panic everywhere. There were a lot of people in the metro."

First responders ran through the street outside with two people on stretchers, their clothes badly torn.

Belgium's interior minister announced that the terror threat was being raised to its maximum level. All flights were canceled, arriving planes and trains were diverted and Belgium's terror alert level was raised to its highest level. Authorities told people in Brussels to stay where they were, bringing the city to a standstill. Airport security was also tightened in Paris, London and other European cities

The explosions at the airport hit at the middle of the busiest time there. Smoke was seen billowing out of the terminal while other images showed a security officer patrolling inside a hall with blasted paneling and what appears to be ceiling insulation covering the floor. A member of Belgium's parliament, whose wife was at the airport, told Belga that the wounded were struck by flying glass and ceiling tiles.

Marie-Odile Lognard, a traveller who was lining up in the departures hall for a flight to Abu Dhabi, told BFM television that people panicked after the first explosion about 20 meters from her and that a second explosion about 15 seconds later caused parts of the ceiling to collapse.

"I knew it was an explosion because I've been around explosions before," said Denise Brandt, an American woman interviewed by Sky television.

"I felt the explosion, the way it feels through your body. And we just looked at each other and I said let's go this way. It was over there. There was just this instinct to get away from it. Then we saw people running, crying, toward us. So I knew we were going in the right direction and away from it. "

Amateur video shown on France's i-Tele television showed passengers including a child running with a backpack dashing out of the terminal different directions as they tugged luggage.

Marc Noel, 63, was about to board a Delta flight to Atlanta, to return to his home in Raleigh, North Carolina.

A Belgium native, Noel says he was in an airport shop buying automobile magazines was the first explosion occurred about 50 yards away.

"People were crying, shouting, children. It was a horrible experience," he told AP. He said his decision to buy the magazines might have saved his life. "I don't want to think about it, but I would probably have been in that place when the bomb went off."

With three runways in the shape of a "Z," the airport connects Europe's capital to 226 destinations around the world and handled nearly 23.5 million passengers in 2015.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

mad mad mad

no photo
Tue 03/22/16 08:32 AM
Hearing now 31 dead and 187 wounded....

Fricking cowards strike again.

no photo
Tue 03/22/16 08:40 AM
Brussels Airport Explosion BREAKING NEWS Belgium
Brussels. Bombing/ explosion.

http://youtu.be/bGqU_Zne6Pc/

Streaming LIVE. - CNN

Two explosions at the airport .And one hour later another at a Metro station.

Conrad_73's photo
Tue 03/22/16 08:42 AM
Swine!mad

no photo
Tue 03/22/16 08:49 AM
Edited by RebelArcher on Tue 03/22/16 08:50 AM
"JV" team at it again...ISIS claims responsibility...

http://news.yahoo.com/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-brussels-blasts-isis-affiliated-152938017.html

Conrad_73's photo
Tue 03/22/16 08:57 AM
the non-Muslim Muslims!sick

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Tue 03/22/16 09:26 AM


Photo of suspects

blah..blah..'s photo
Tue 03/22/16 09:30 AM
I hope people who cried for open immigration throughout Europe, are now wringing their bloodied hands.

mightymoe's photo
Tue 03/22/16 09:36 AM
RSOE EDIS Event Report - Belgium's Tihange nuclear power plant has been evacuated, public broadcaster VTM said without giving further details. Tihange could not immediately be reached for comment. "The police have evacuated the Tihange nuclear station," VTM said, citing police sources. Non essential staff have reportedly been evacuated from the site but key staff remain and operations are continuing. The incident is said not to be related to this morning's attacks at Brussels airport and Metro.

no photo
Tue 03/22/16 09:40 AM
The incident is said not to be related to this morning's attacks at Brussels airport and Metro.

huh

mightymoe's photo
Tue 03/22/16 09:43 AM

The incident is said not to be related to this morning's attacks at Brussels airport and Metro.

huh


yea, and they also didn't say why it was evacuated either...

no photo
Tue 03/22/16 09:44 AM

RSOE EDIS Event Report - Belgium's Tihange nuclear power plant has been evacuated, public broadcaster VTM said without giving further details. Tihange could not immediately be reached for comment. "The police have evacuated the Tihange nuclear station," VTM said, citing police sources. Non essential staff have reportedly been evacuated from the site but key staff remain and operations are continuing. The incident is said not to be related to this morning's attacks at Brussels airport and Metro.


"" PARIS (Reuters) - Staff not essential for the
running of nuclear plants in Doel and Tihange in
Belgium have been sent home at the request of
Belgian authorities following the deadly attacks
in Brussels, the plants' French operator, Engie,
said on Tuesday.
A spokesman for Engie - which owns and
operates seven reactors in Belgium through its
Electrabel unit - told Reuters that key staff
remained on site to continue operating the
facilities, however.
He added the decision was part of a set of
safety measures related to the high security
alert in the country following the attacks on
Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in
the Belgian capital.
"Only those who are really needed are staying,
the other people were sent home," Belgium's
Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC)
spokeswoman Nele Scheerlinck told Belgian
daily Het Laatste Nieuws.
She said that for the foreseeable future
Belgium's nuclear plants will continue operating
with staffing levels similar to weekend service
to ensure that no unauthorized personnel could
gain access to the plants.""
http://news.yahoo.com/non-essential-staff-evacuated-belgian-tihange-nuclear-plant-134120484--finance.html

mightymoe's photo
Tue 03/22/16 09:53 AM


RSOE EDIS Event Report - Belgium's Tihange nuclear power plant has been evacuated, public broadcaster VTM said without giving further details. Tihange could not immediately be reached for comment. "The police have evacuated the Tihange nuclear station," VTM said, citing police sources. Non essential staff have reportedly been evacuated from the site but key staff remain and operations are continuing. The incident is said not to be related to this morning's attacks at Brussels airport and Metro.


"" PARIS (Reuters) - Staff not essential for the
running of nuclear plants in Doel and Tihange in
Belgium have been sent home at the request of
Belgian authorities following the deadly attacks
in Brussels, the plants' French operator, Engie,
said on Tuesday.
A spokesman for Engie - which owns and
operates seven reactors in Belgium through its
Electrabel unit - told Reuters that key staff
remained on site to continue operating the
facilities, however.
He added the decision was part of a set of
safety measures related to the high security
alert in the country following the attacks on
Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in
the Belgian capital.
"Only those who are really needed are staying,
the other people were sent home," Belgium's
Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC)
spokeswoman Nele Scheerlinck told Belgian
daily Het Laatste Nieuws.
She said that for the foreseeable future
Belgium's nuclear plants will continue operating
with staffing levels similar to weekend service
to ensure that no unauthorized personnel could
gain access to the plants.""
http://news.yahoo.com/non-essential-staff-evacuated-belgian-tihange-nuclear-plant-134120484--finance.html


that makes sense...

Conrad_73's photo
Tue 03/22/16 09:55 AM

mad

Rock's photo
Tue 03/22/16 10:47 AM
More sad news.

Thoughts and prayers for the victims and their families.


I'm sure our coward-in-chief,
will be sending out a televised "thank you"
to responsible terrorist organization.
grumble

no photo
Tue 03/22/16 02:15 PM
Americans in Belgium

2:46 EST

The U.S. Embassy recommends sheltering in place and avoiding all public transportation. We will update with further information when available.

The U.S. Embassy reminds U.S. citizens that Belgium is at a threat rating of Level 4, or “serious and imminent attack.” Such events can take place with little or no notice; therefore U.S. citizens are urged to:

-Be aware of local events,

-Follow local authority instructions

-Monitor local media further developments and,

-Take the appropriate steps to bolster your personal security.

For further information: See the State Department’s travel website for the Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Belgium Country Specific Information.

no photo
Tue 03/22/16 02:25 PM



Photo of suspects


"" Surveillance cameras captured images of
three suspected terrorists in the moments
before two blasts rocked Brussels' Zaventem
Airport.
The men can be seen pushing baggage carts
near the check-in area where at least 14
people were killed and dozens were injured in
the two bombings.
Catherine Herridge pointed out on
"Outnumbered" that the two men on the left
can be seen wearing gloves on one hand.
She noted that is often seen in suicide
bombings, as gloves can be used to conceal
a detonator switch that is attached or taped
to an attacker's hand.
She said that is called a "dead man's
switch," because when a suicide attacker
loses the grip on the switch, it sets off the
detonation.
"So if they were shot and brought down, the
bomb would still explode," Herridge
explained.
She added that a big piece of the puzzle is if
the suicide devices used in Brussels bear the
same "signature" as those used the Paris
attacks in November, since it would suggest
a larger network of ISIS followers and
operatives in Western Europe.
Herridge said the focus of the investigation
will now be on identifying the suspects
through DNA, which will enable authorities to
trace their network of contacts.""
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/03/22/belgian-authorities-release-photo-terror-suspects-brussels-airport

If you anybody at an airport wearing just one glove, run, I guess.
Seems like wearing just one would draw suspicion though.....

InvictusV's photo
Tue 03/22/16 03:05 PM
We can't go blaming muslims until we get all the facts.

haha..


no photo
Tue 03/22/16 03:06 PM
"If you anybody at an airport wearing just one glove, run, I guess.
Seems like wearing just one would draw suspicion though..... "


It sure would draw suspicion.
But how many P.C Progressives/Socialist would say or do anything about it?
How many have already been told not to talk to the press or describe them as Middle Eastern or North Africa or Muslim/ Islamic? And not to post it on social media?
How many police officers have been told the same ?
( In Europe)
* Rhetorical*

So most would just be on their P.C way down the denial of death & tell themselves " Oh they are just a Michael Jackson fans "

mightymoe's photo
Tue 03/22/16 03:16 PM

"If you anybody at an airport wearing just one glove, run, I guess.
Seems like wearing just one would draw suspicion though..... "


It sure would draw suspicion.
But how many P.C Progressives/Socialist would say or do anything about it?
How many have already been told not to talk to the press or describe them as Middle Eastern or North Africa or Muslim/ Islamic? And not to post it on social media?
How many police officers have been told the same ?
( In Europe)
* Rhetorical*

So most would just be on their P.C way down the denial of death & tell themselves " Oh they are just a Michael Jackson fans "


good thing he's gone, huh... the 80's were lots of one glove hands...

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