Explosions hit Brussels airport and metro

[mheslep]

For context only and not for further exploration, I note here that yesterday in Iraq a suicide attack occurred in a soccer stadium with casualty numbers very similar to the recent attack in Brussels.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/...ns-football-stadium-iraq-160325181900028.html

As in Brussels, ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.

 

[Astronuc]

In a possibly related crime - Belgian nuclear guard shot and security access badge stolen: media
https://news.yahoo.com/belgian-nuclear-guard-shot-security-access-badge-stolen-125249013.html

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two days after bomb attacks at Brussels airport and on a packed metro killed 31 people and injured hundreds, a security guard who worked at a Belgian nuclear plant was murdered and his pass was stolen, Belgian media reported on Saturday.

 

[Derek Francis]

If stuff like this keeps happening, you-know-who is going to get elected.

 

[Samy_A]

As if the horrible terrorist attacks were not enough, part of the Belgian press are constantly spreading false rumors, in a silly rush

In a possibly related crime - Belgian nuclear guard shot and security access badge stolen: media
https://news.yahoo.com/belgian-nuclear-guard-shot-security-access-badge-stolen-125249013.html

The foreign news agencies shouldn't blindly trust what our Belgian tabloids report (in this case La Dernière Heure, which has outdone its already bad reputation since the terror attacks in Brussels).

While the man was indeed murdered, no badge was stolen, and there is no reason to assume any connection with the terror attacks.

Source (in French): http://www.rtl.be/info/regions/hain...elle-la-piste-terroriste-dementie-805378.aspx

http://news.yahoo.com/brussels-attacks-suspect-charged-terrorist-murder-prosecutor-002333819.html
Belgium charges attacks suspect, . . . .Brussels airport suspect Najim Laachraoui arrested: Belgian media (March 23, 2016)
http://news.yahoo.com/brussels-airport-suspect-najim-laachraoui-arrested-belgian-media-104400309.html

But Laachraoui has also been reported as one of the suicide bombers. He can't be a successful suicide bomber and be arrested afterwards. Perhaps he was unsuccessful?

That Laachraoui was arrested was also a false report by La Dernière Heure.