2016 Brussels bombings
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2016-brussels-bombings-171-8572022
title:
2016 Brussels bombings
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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 one 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. Three perpetrators also died. A third airport attacker fled the scene without detonating his bomb, which was
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Islamic State suicide bombings in Belgium
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Brussels_bombings
date created:
2016-03-22T07:39:12Z
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2024-09-01T08:00:01Z
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