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On the morning of 22 March 2016, three explosions occurred in [[Belgium]]: two at Brussels main airport in [[Zaventem]] and one at Maelbeek metro station in the centre of [[Brussels]]. In these attacks, 31 people were killed and 230 others were injured, resulting in three days of national mourning in Belgium.
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On the morning of 22 March 2016, three explosions occurred in [[Belgium]]: two at Brussels main airport in [[Zaventem]] and one at [[Maelbeek]] metro station in the centre of [[Brussels]], allegedly carried out by suicide bomber [[Khalid el-Bakraoui]].<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/mar/23/brussels-attacks-police-search-airport-bomb-suspect-live "Brussels attacks: el-Bakraoui brothers 'named as suicide bombers'"]</ref> In these attacks, 31 people were killed and 230 others were injured, resulting in three days of national mourning in Belgium.
  
 
An assault rifle and a third bomb were found in a search of the airport. The [[Islamic State]] are said to have claimed responsibility for the attacks.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/mar/22/brussels-airport-explosions-live-updates "Brussels attacks: Isis flag and nail bomb found in raid"]</ref>
 
An assault rifle and a third bomb were found in a search of the airport. The [[Islamic State]] are said to have claimed responsibility for the attacks.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/mar/22/brussels-airport-explosions-live-updates "Brussels attacks: Isis flag and nail bomb found in raid"]</ref>

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Event.png Mass murder in Brussels (deep event) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Brussels bombers.jpg
Three Zaventem suspects: two named as suicide bomber Ibrahim el-Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui (subsequently arrested in Anderlect). Third suspect unnamed.
Date08:00, 22 March 2016 - 09:11, 22 March 2016
LocationBrussels Airport (Zaventem),  Maelbeek metro station,  Brussels,  Belgium
Type• Suicide Bombing.jpg Suicide attack
•  mass murder
• Bombing.jpg bomb attack
Deaths31
Injured (non-fatal)230
Subpage2016 Brussels Bombing/Media manipulation

On the morning of 22 March 2016, three explosions occurred in Belgium: two at Brussels main airport in Zaventem and one at Maelbeek metro station in the centre of Brussels, allegedly carried out by suicide bomber Khalid el-Bakraoui.[1] In these attacks, 31 people were killed and 230 others were injured, resulting in three days of national mourning in Belgium.

An assault rifle and a third bomb were found in a search of the airport. The Islamic State are said to have claimed responsibility for the attacks.[2]

It was the deadliest act of terrorism on Belgian soil and came four months after the Mass murder in Paris.[3]

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