Terrorist attack

2016 Brussels bombings

22 Mar 2016 · 50.84° N, 4.38° E

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22 Mar 2016
Kind
Terrorist attack
Coordinates
50.84° N, 4.38° E

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2016 Brussels bombings: Suicide bombing attacks at Brussels' Zaventem airport and Maalbeek metro station kill 35 people and injure 300 more

2016 Brussels bombings

Islamic State suicide bombings in Belgium

On 22 March 2016, two coordinated terrorist attacks in and close to Brussels, Belgium, were carried out by the Islamic State (IS). Two suicide bombers detonated bombs at Brussels Airport in Zaventem just outside Brussels, and a third detonated a bomb on a train leaving Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station in the city's European Quarter. Thirty-two people were killed and more than 300 were injured.

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