Brussel's Airport has had bomb blasts (1 Viewer)

[Queenroot]

People are injured and dead

Usually BLIT would be doing this but I'm just getting it started

 

[AmorFati]

Here we go again.

 

[wannaspoon]

Before people start, Islam and peace is like the US and democracy... **sarcasm**

 

[Comensite]

#religionofpeace

 

[BLIT2014]

Explosions have torn through the departure hall of Brussels airport, killing up to 13 people and injuring more than 30 others, while a second blast struck a metro station in the capital shortly afterwards, Belgian public broadcaster RTBF (Ref SMH)

 

[BLIT2014]

Brussel University students advised to stay inside.

 

[BLIT2014]

Thirteen reported dead in blasts at Zaventem airport
Airport on lockdown as train and plane services suspended
Ten reported dead in blast near EU buildings in Brussels

(Guardian)

 

[BLIT2014]

Belgium’s prime minister, Charles Michel, has warned the Belgian public to “avoid any movement” for the time being.

 

[BLIT2014]

Brussels airport will stay closed until 6am on Wednesday.

 

[BLIT2014]

UPDATE: No trains are currently running to or from Brussels Midi. Brussels customers are advised to postpone, and not come to station.

 

[Kolmias]

#religionofpeace

Hey renegade

 

[BLIT2014]

Maelbeek station. The station is about 500 metres from the EU buildings.

 

[BLIT2014]

Michael Ryan, head of the EU delegation to Rwanda, said he felt the Maelbeek metro blast in the next station.

The European commission has locked down its staff after the apparent attacks.

 

[BLIT2014]

Entire metro system closed.

Level 4 terror alert (Highest level)

 

[BLIT2014]

There’s been some bitter reaction to the attacks from Russia, writes Shaun Walker.

The chair of the Duma’s foreign policy committee, Alexei Pushkov, tweeted: “While [Nato chief Jens] Stoltenberg, is busy fighting the imaginary ‘Russian threat’ and putting troops in Latvia, under his nose in Brussels people are blown up.”


(Russian) Foreign ministryspokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who reportedly said: “You can’t support terrorists in one part of the globe and not expect them to appear in others

 

[BLIT2014]

London and Paris airports have elevated terror alert levels

 

[BLIT2014]

Belgian Authorities have no reported metro deaths reported nearest to the EU - (Fox News)

 

[BLIT2014]

All trains to Brussels stations from Paris have been cancelled.

 

[BLIT2014]

Border between France and Belgium is completely closed(not sure how accurate source is)

 

[BLIT2014]

Mobile Networks are congested.

Telenet is opening their hotspots for everyone, you do not need a password. That way you can use internet and not your phone line.