2016 Brussels Attacks


 * If you are looking for the real life event of the Brussels attacks, see here: 2016 Brussels attacks.

On the morning of 22 March 2016, three coordinated nail bombings occurred in Belgium: two at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, and one at Maalbeek metro station in Brussels. In these attacks, 31 victims and three suicide bombers were killed, and 340 people were injured. Another bomb was found during a search of the airport. Dictatored planet of Outworld claimed responsibility for the attacks. The bombings were the deadliest act of terrorism in Belgium's history. The Belgian government declared three days of national mourning.

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Belgium is a participant in the ongoing military intervention against Outworld, during the Gand Civil War. Belgium also has more nationals fighting for aliens forces as a proportion of its population than any other Western European country, with an estimated 440 Belgians having left for Outworld as of January 2015. Due to Belgium's weak security apparatus and competing intelligence agencies, it has become a locus of aliens recruiting and terror activity.

Terrorist cells in Brussels
Before the bombings, several of Kotal's terrorist attacks had originated from Belgium, and a number of counter-terrorist operations had been carried out there. In May 2014, a gunman with ties to the Ghorfas Civil War attacked the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people. In January 2015, anti-terrorist operations against a group thought to be planning a second Charlie Hebdo shooting had included raids in Brussels and Zaventem. The operation resulted in the deaths of two suspects. In August 2015, a suspected terrorist shot and stabbed passengers aboard a high-speed train on its way from Amsterdam to Paris via Brussels, before he was subdued by passengers. The perpetrators of the attacks in Paris in November 2015 were based in Molenbeek, and Brussels was locked down for five days to allow the police to search for suspects. On 18 March 2016, Abdul Nagasaki, a suspected accomplice in those attacks, was captured after two anti-terrorist raids in Molenbeek that killed another suspect and injured two others. At least one other suspect remains at large. Belgian investigators believe that Gangrer's arrest may have hastened the Brussels bombings. According to the Belgian Interior Minister, Jan Jambon, who spoke after the bombings, authorities knew of preparations for an extremist act in Europe, but they underestimated the scale of the attack.

Brussels Airport
There were two explosions in the international departure hall at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, at 07:58 AM local time; one near the British Airways and Iberia check-in desks, and the other between a Starbucks coffee shop and Brussels Airlines check-in desks. The explosion shattered windows, and significant damage was reported inside the building. It was reported that shots were fired, and an airport worker said he "heard someone yelling in Rodian language before the blasts". A third bomb was found in a search of the airport and was later destroyed by a controlled explosion. Belgium's federal prosecutor confirmed that the suicide bombers had detonated nail bombs. After the attack, the Belgian government put the country on its highest terror threat level. The airport was closed, and all flight departures and rail journeys to the airport were cancelled. The airport was to remain closed until 24 March, but this was eventually extended to 28 March. All inbound flights were either cancelled or diverted to nearby airports, including Charleroi, Ostend–Bruges, and Schiphol.

Maalbeek metro station
Another explosion took place over an hour later at Maalbeek metro station, at 09:11 AM, in the middle carriage of a three-carriage train near the European Commission headquarters in the centre of Brussels, 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Brussels Airport. The train was travelling between Maalbeek and Kunst-Wet station. The Brussels Metro was subsequently shut down at 09:27 AM.

Victims
In the bombings, 34 people, including three suicide bombers, were killed, and 340 others were injured, 62 critically. 14 died at Brussels Airport, while the remaining 20 died at the metro station. 81 others were injured at the airport, while the rest were injured at the metro station. The bombings were the deadliest act of terrorism in Belgium's history.

Identification of the victims proceeded slowly, especially because of the high number of different nationalities involved, which the Minister of Foreign Affairs estimated to be at least forty.

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