At least 16 people were killed Tuesday after explosions rocked the check-in zone of Brussels Airport and in the Belgian capital's subway.
Officials raised the terror threat level, shut down all public transport in the city and advised locals to stay indoors after what appeared to be coordinated attacks.
Belgium's federal prosecutor said one of at least two explosions at the airport was likely caused by a suicide bomber. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel added that it was "dark moment for our country." Authorities confirmed an explosion at Maalbeck metro station killed 15 people and injured 55 others. At least 1 fatality ocurred at the airport, federal police told NBC News. Belgium's Le Soir and La Libre put the death toll there at around a dozen but NBC News was no immediately able to verify those reports.
"There are several dead and wounded but we can't say how many at this point," a federal police spokesman said.
A security source told NBC News that one of the airport explosions happened near check-in desk four in Departure Hall 1, which is used by international carriers including American Airlines.
0 comments:
Post a Comment