The aim of the bombing was to Zaventem Airport, and Maelbeek metro station located 350 meters from the headquarters of the European Commission. At the subway station killed at least 20 people and 106 wounded. At the airport, there were 14 deaths and 92 people were injured.
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– Among the injured are three Poles – two customs officers, who were in Brussels for the delegation – said the president Andrzej Duda after meeting with the heads of departments.
– The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reached about the third Polish citizen wounded in Tuesday’s bombings in Brussels – handed bureau chief Foreign Ministry spokesman Rafal Sobczak. All three victims Poles are hospitalized.
Embassy in Brussels announced that it can be reported missing persons in connection with the bombings in Brussels (which remained at the airport Zaventem, the European district, possibly. In other places where there may have been explosions) by email: bebruamb3 @ msz. gov.pl and call: the Polish +32 2 73 90 121, in Belgium 02 73 90 121.
The federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw confirmed that the perpetrator of one of the two explosions, which occurred in the departure hall of Brussels Airport was the suicide bomber.
The Belgian police found the corpse of the bomber Brussels Airport Kalashnikov rifle – Belgian media reported. On the site of a terrorist attack also found a belt with explosives, which did not explode.
In the whole of Belgium introduced the highest, fourth level of the terrorist threat. Brussels Airport was evacuated and closed until Wednesday. We canceled all flights to and from Brussels. Access roads were blocked to normal traffic. Not operating the subway, it stopped the movement of buses and trams, closed the main train stations.
In Brussels, the police increased security zone, closing access for outsiders not only around the Metro station Maelbeek, but also to some of the EU institutions.
The government crisis team issued a message to the people that were in the home or at work and went outside. Also, the European Commission and the European Parliament issued a recommendation to its officials.
Evacuated was the Royal Palace in Brussels. It is not known whether the Belgian King Philip and Queen Matilda had stayed there on Tuesday. Belga news-agency reported that the attacks were ordered to evacuate Tihange nuclear power plant, 25 km southwest of Liege.
The Belgian crisis center launched telephone information for people seeking information about relatives who might be in danger. Phone number is: 003,278,151,771th authorities advise that the first attempt to establish contact via social media.
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– It’s a black day for our country – he said at a press conference, Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel. – We were worried that it was going to happen – he said.
In response to the terrorist attacks the Belgian government decreed three days of national mourning.
The NATO headquarters in Brussels raised the state of alert. The head of NATO Jens Stoltenberg assured of support for Belgium in this “dark day”.
“This cowardly attack. The attack on our values and open society. Terrorism does not defeat democracy, do not take our values” – said in a statement.
In connection with the bombings, the European Commission raised the alert level of anti-terrorism – European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas. Flags on the masts were lowered to half in solidarity with the victims of the attacks.
– Our thoughts are now with the victims of the attacks, their families and friends – Schinas said at a press conference.
He added that the European Commission is in contact with the Belgian authorities.
– Our most important concern is now the safety of those around us, our staff and buildings – he said.
He said the Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker talked about the situation with the Prime Minister of Belgium Charles Michel, as well as Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
– In consultation with the Belgian authorities and other institutions, the EU decided to raise the alert level from yellow to orange – he said.
This is not the highest alert level in the EU institutions. EC staff are constantly informed of the situation.
Commentators have no doubt that the events in Brussels is coordinated terrorist attacks. It came to them a few days after the raid on the alleged coordinator of last year’s attacks in Paris Abdeslama Salah, who was captured on Friday in the Brussels district of Molenbeek.
– The terrorist attacks in Brussels is the next wickedness terrorists who serve hatred and violence – said European Council President Donald Tusk.
– I convey my most sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims. These attacks are the next wickedness terrorists in the service of hatred and violence – said Tusk.
– The EU institutions enjoy the hospitality and generosity of Brussels, the Belgian government and the nation. The European Union will reward solidarity and fulfill their tasks, to help Brussels, Belgium and Europe in the fight against the terrorist threat against which we all face – added the head of the European Council.
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The terrorist attacks hit Brussels, but in the crosshairs of terrorists is the whole of Europe – said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, calling for EU unity in the face of danger. Juncker gave condolences to relatives of victims of attacks and the people of Brussels, providing them with solidarity.
US President Barack Obama condemned the bombings in Brussels and promised that the United States will do what they can to help friends in Belgium to capture the perpetrators and bringing them to justice.
– We must be in solidarity in the fight against terrorism, regardless of nationality and faith – Obama said in Havana, where he currently resides.
The US authorities announced that in connection with the attacks, the FBI began working with Belgian partners and other US agencies. Minister of Defense Ash Carter said, appearing before Congress that the bombings in Brussels does not undermine the will of the United States and its allies to fight the Islamic State.
“Blind violence” in Brussels condemned Pope Francis. The telegram was sent on his behalf to the Archbishop of the capital of Belgium Jozef De Kesel.
In the message the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin wrote that the Pope “once again condemns the blind violence that causes so much suffering, and asks God for the gift of peace.” Francis, as pointed out by the Secretary of State, praying for the dead and joins the pain their loved ones.
“The Pope expresses its deepest solidarity with the wounded and their families and with all those who are helping by asking for God’s support and consolation in the moment of trial” – written in the telegram.
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The head of EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini said at a press conference in Amman that the bombings in Brussels brought Europe suffering what the Middle East is experiencing every day.
With tears in his eyes Mogherini said on a shortened press conference that Europe and the Middle East should jointly combat violence and extremism. – This is a very sad day for Europe – Mogherini said.
– Do not let that terrorists have won – said British Prime Minister David Cameron after a meeting of COBRA crisis room devoted to attacks in Brussels.
– We are dealing with a very specific threat of terrorism in various European countries, and we must confront it in every possible way – said Cameron, calling for solidarity. – Today is the day of sympathy, condolences, but also strengthen our own security – he said.
German President Joachim Gauck assured the King of the Belgians Philip, that the threat against acts of terrorism can count on the support of Germany. In the telegram of condolences to the Belgian monarch Gauck wrote that cruel terrorist attacks were a deep shock for him. He denounced them as “terrible crimes that involved so many victims.”
– Germany stand against these acts of terror on the side of Belgium. Together we defend our European values, freedom and democracy – declared Gauck.
“We are at war”
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere condemned the bombings in Brussels as an attack on freedom and the European Union. Objectives selected by the assassins – the international airport and metro station near the EU institutions – testify to the fact that this “terrorist attack was directed not only against Belgium, but also against our freedom, our freedom of movement, our mobility and against all what belongs to the EU “- said de Maiziere. He added that Germany are moved by these attacks as well as other nations.
French President Francois Hollande said in a statement that “through attacks struck in Brussels was the whole of Europe.” Europe must take “the necessary steps in relation to the seriousness of the threat,” – said the President. He stressed that France, which itself was attacked in January and November last year, has its share of anti-terrorist efforts.
“We are at war,” and “in the face of this war need to mobilize at any moment” – said, in turn, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
The French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in a statement that in a telephone conversation agreed with Foreign Minister of Belgium Didier Reynders “the need for further coordination of our actions in the fight against terrorism.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the terrorist attacks in Brussels, describing them as “barbaric crimes”. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova filed condolences to the relatives of victims of attacks.
The bombings in Brussels condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the same time putting an equal sign between – as he called it – terrorists, regardless of whether they are Kurds responsible for the attacks in Ankara and bombers in the capital of Belgium.
– Monstrous attacks in Brussels reminded that terror can not be the method of struggle for freedom, which also shows once again that you should intensify their joint efforts in the fight against all types of terror – he said.
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