BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the suicide bombings this week in Brussels (all times local): Updated 2:45 p.m.: A new blast has been heard from a police operation in a Brussels neighborhood that once housed a hideout for the suicide bombers who targeted the city’s airport and subway system this week. Associated Press reporters […]
belgium
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Belgium police seek 2nd suspect in subway bombing
BRUSSELS — A second attacker is suspected of taking part in the bombing this week of a Brussels subway train and may be at large, according to Belgian and French media reports, amid growing signs that the same Islamic State cell was behind the attacks in Brussels and bloodshed in Paris last year. The chief […]
advertisement
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Belgian police: Brothers carried out Islamic State suicide attacks
Data curated by FindTheData BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on the attacks in Brussels and related investigations (all times local): Updated 3:45 p.m.: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says one of the lessons learned from yet another attack in a European Union nation is that the bloc’s 28 nations must heavily increase their investments in […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Belgium police arrest suspect in bombings
BRUSSELS — Authorities captured a suspect linked to the Brussels bloodshed Wednesday following a massive manhunt, Belgian media reported, as details emerged of the suicide attackers: two brothers who brought chaos and bloodshed to the city at the heart of European unity. Belgian broadcaster RTBF said police arrested the suspect, identified in the report as […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
ISIS claims responsibility for Belgian bombs
Scores of people were killed and many others injured after three explosions rocked the airport and a metro station in Belgium’s capital. Here’s what we know: Two explosions hit Brussels Airport and one at a metro station during the morning commute in the city. The attacks at the two locations took place a little more than an hour […]