2017 Brussels-Central bombing

When

20 Jun 2017

Kind

Terrorist attack

Coordinates

50.85° N, 4.36° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2017 Brussels-Central bombing.

Attempted terror attack in the Belgium capital

On 20 June 2017, a terrorist bomb caused a small explosion at Brussels-Central railway station in Brussels, Belgium; there were no casualties. Soldiers patrolling the station subsequently killed the suspect with three to four shots, according to eyewitnesses. The perpetrator was Oussama Zariouh, a 36-year-old Moroccan national who lived in the Molenbeek municipality and who had assembled a defective explosive device.

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