Belgian prosecutors open criminal probe into Brussels bombings
BRUSSELS – Belgian authorities opened a criminal inquiry into Tuesday’s (March 22) bomb blasts at the airport and a metro station in Brussels.
People wrapped in blankets leave the scene of explosions at Zaventem airport near Brussels, Belgium, March 22, 2016. Photo: Reuters
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BRUSSELS – Belgian authorities opened a criminal inquiry into Tuesday’s (March 22) bomb blasts at the airport and a metro station in Brussels.
“The three explosions this morning, two at Brussels airport and one in the subway station Maelbeek, are terrorist attacks,” the federal prosecutor’s office said in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday. “The anti-terrorism section of the federal prosecutor’s office has opened a criminal investigation.” BLOOMBERG
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