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Thirty killed in Brussels explosions on ‘black day for Belgium’

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Steve McGookin

Thirty people were killed and scores injured in a series of bomb attacks on a Metro train and at the capital’s Zaventem airport.

What happened where, and when? What we know so far about the #Brussels attacks: https://t.co/YU5oWqP4MU pic.twitter.com/Ge7VApedZO

— CNN (@CNN) March 22, 2016

"This is a day of tragedy, a black day": Belgian PM. AFP's LIVE REPORT: https://t.co/Cz4V7WfJTn #brusselsattack pic.twitter.com/D6VB7nLu0d

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 22, 2016

https://twitter.com/ReutersLive/status/712365489314398208

Survivors of the Brussels metro attack have described the moment an explosion ripped through the carriages https://t.co/bOKV47zNNk

— The Independent (@Independent) March 22, 2016

The Brussels attacks show how unity is giving way to isolationism: https://t.co/RM8NIy1ND7 pic.twitter.com/d0iW74j28C

— Slate (@Slate) March 22, 2016

In their responses to the Brussels attacks, Clinton and Trump have further defined their approach to foreign affairs https://t.co/nRdaWK6uHb

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) March 22, 2016

Tributes from around the world pour in for victims of the #Brussels attacks. https://t.co/2KSA0EqUbV pic.twitter.com/BMwWzAPEiu

— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 22, 2016

Earlier:

9am LONDON: Developing: Two explosions happened this morning at a Brussels metro station near the EU headquarters and at the Belgian capital’s Zaventem airport. Details of casualties are still uncertain and the city has been effectively locked down.

The BBC reported that the airport explosion was a suicide attack.

BREAKING: @NBCNews Special Report: Deadly explosions in apparents attacks in Brussels; many wounded. https://t.co/7dADKOMDZ6

— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) March 22, 2016

What we know so far in #Brussels attacks

Live updates: https://t.co/raVEKOjy4f pic.twitter.com/H32NWWbiP6

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 22, 2016

All metro stations are closing, the Brussels transport authority said. Live updates on the attacks in Brussels: https://t.co/LYB1k83msX

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 22, 2016

Map shows sites of blasts at #Brussels airport & metro station. At least 13 dead https://t.co/tVBsfXEbu9 pic.twitter.com/zaYN1YRYK7

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 22, 2016

Travel updates in the wake of Brussels explosions pic.twitter.com/RODKIPohM5

— BBC Newsbeat (@BBCNewsbeat) March 22, 2016

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