| | | What we know about the attacks in Brussels | 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 the Brussels airport and another explosion rocked a metro station during the morning commute in the city.
- The attacks at the two locations took place a little more than an hour apart and are apparently coordinated.
- So far, more than 30 people have died in the attacks — 20 from the metro station attack, 11 from the airport explosions.
- The attacks come days after the key suspect from last year’s attacks in Paris was arrested in Brussels.
- Belgium was put on a maximum terrorism alert, and the capital is currently under a lockdown.
- The explosions have been confirmed as terrorist attacks, according to Belgium’s top prosecutor, though no one has claimed responsibility.
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