Brussels under attack: Many dead after explosions at airport and on Metro

[grossproffit]

Belgium is this morning believed to be under attack after multiple blasts at Brussels Airport and on the city’s metro system.

At least 11 people are believed to have been killed and dozens more injured following the explosions.

It is believed the American Airlines departure desk was targeted at the airport while a station in the Maelbeek area appears to have been targeted as well.

Brussels Airport blasts: Explosions heard at three Metro stations

There are also reports of shots being fired near the places where the blasts went off and Arabic was shouted beforehand.
The country has now been put on terror level 4 – the highest possible.


http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/22/two-loud-explosions-heard-at-brussels-airport-5766899/#ixzz43cVAzU1b

UPDATE: Live feed via Sky News

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[grossproffit]

1. Emergency number for relatives looking for family members

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[merrily]

4. Thank you for posting that.

[Ghost Dog]

7. See also:

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-35869266

My friend in London, Jewish from Brussels, says Belgium internet appears to be down.

[leftynyc]

2. Watching CNN

They have people close by and are showing postings from social media. All flights out of Brussels cancelled. Eurostar not stopping there. Subway system shut down. Terror alert system raised to 4 (their highest).

[Ironing Man]

3. ...

Belgian media now reporting thirteen dead and thirty five seriously injured.

Gunshots and two explosions at airport, and four explosions at separate metro stations in Brussels.

[romanic]

5. Fucking terrorist scum!

Leave innocent people alone god damn it. :grr

[6chars]

6. suicide bomber

[leftynyc]

8. Has that been confirmed? (n/t)

[6chars]

11. Yes

http://www.jpost.com/International/Report-Multiple-people-injured-after-two-explosions-heard-at-Belgium-airport-448756

BRUSSELS - A suicide bomber killed as many as 13 people after he detonated an explosive device inside a Brussels airport on Tuesday, Belgian public broadcaster RTBF reported. Belgian media also reported that an addition 10 people were killed following an explosion detonated inside a Brussels metro station less than an hour later.

[leftynyc]

13. Thanks for the link

I'm getting ready for work and keep missing stuff being reported.

[bdwker]

9. The mother load of bad ideas.

[ananda]

10. l o d e

As in a mine lode.

[bdwker]

14. I do know that but ...

The word LOAD ,as in load of shit, sounded better.

[Ironing Man]

12. ...

now believed TWENTY THREE dead - thirteen at Airport, ten at Maelbeek metro stn.

unconfirmed.

[NutmegYankee]

15. All soft targets.

Terrorism - the preferred tactic of the weak.

[Codeine]

24. Take that stupid fucking bullshit elsewhere.

Prisonplanet is thataway. ------>

[leftynyc]

25. Take your conspiracy bullshit elsewhere

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the one with the suicide vest on is the terrorist.

[Ilsa]

27. W T F ??? nt

[underahedgerow]

17. How could they not see this coming? Brussels is a hotbed of festering wanna-be terrorists

and ALL of the assholes involved in Paris were tied to Bxl in many ways.

Effing Belgians can't get their own sorry asses out of their own way.

I've always said Brussels was a shithole and I couldn't leave fast enough. At this point the safest places in Brussels are the places most inhabited by these nutso arabic-origin fanatics. They won't kill their own, just everyone else.

Notice they didn't target the main train station or the grand market at the station on Sundays. Just the transit stop at the EU buildings and the American Airlines airport desk.

[tavernier]

23. MSNBC just pretty much said the same things.

In a bit more filtered way, though.

Would like to hear some more of your experiences while living there.

[bdwker]

18. Why is everyone so shocked ?

Terrorists attacks are now a weekly occurrence.... soon to be a daily occurrence.

We all know whats going on.

Certainly we grieve for the dead.

[bdwker]

21. Update : One of Suicide bombers was a refugee from *****.

no link yet.

[Nye Bevan]

19. Fuck Jihad (nt)

[dorkzilla]

20. AP reporting death at a police station

Sky news says only AP reporting that right now and very little detail. Just breaking.

[tavernier]

22. When will trump declare war

and mobilize the army?

Soon, I'm thinking. Too much attention has already been diverted from him on the msm this morning.

[jalan48]

26. This attack will increase his popularity.

American's seem to like the "get tough" approach after these types of events take place.

[joshcryer]

28. He's making the rounds on the morning shows already.

Xenophobic, racist nonsense as usual.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

29. Sad to say - but Trump just got 5% more votes!!!

[Naruto Uzimaki]

30. Donald Trump Just Called Brussels a 'Hellhole' Jan 28, 2016

The city of Brussels is a hellhole—or so says Donald Trump. In an interview with Fox Business Network on Tuesday, the prospective Republican U.S. presidential nominee lambasted Belgium’s capital for being dominated by Muslim extremists. Following comments about the supposed encroachment of Sharia law, he had this to say:

“You go to Brussels — I was in Brussels a long time ago, 20 years ago, so beautiful, everything is so beautiful — it’s like living in a hellhole right now.”

http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016/01/donald-trump-brussels-hellhole/431700/

I bet Trump is gloating this morning.

[tavernier]

31. My Parisienne friend just said

that everyone in Paris was laughing when they put Brussels on lockdown terror alert following the Paris bombings because they all felt that the terrorists who bombed them resided in Brussels.

[Ex Lurker]

32. Belgium's two main ethnic groups, the Flemings and Walloons

jealously guard their political prerogatives. This means police and security services in regions dominated by one ethnic group don't share information with those in regions dominated by the other ethnic group. Some areas, like the suburb of Mollenbeek (sp?), fall under mixed jurisdiction, which means not much policing gets done at all. No surprise that Mollenbeek is where a lot of Islamic extremists have taken up residence. This is changing, but very slowly.

ETA: There was a major pedophile ring operating in Belgium several years ago. Many lost opportunities to take it down sooner than they did, for the same reasons.